Episode 7 - Cloning Monkey Embryos

On this week's episode, we talk with Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov. Dr. Mitalipov is an Assistant Scientist and a Co-Director of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Embryonic Stem Cell Core Laboratory at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University. We talk with Dr. Mitalipov about his recent breakthrough in cloning monkey embryos and the scientific methods that got him there. Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007 (see #9) Producing primate embryonic stem cells by somatic cell nuclear transfer (Nature) Scientists Use Monkey Clones to Extract Stem Cells (NY Times) Researchers Clone Monkeys for Stem Cells (Reuters) Stem-Cell Researchers Clone Monkey Embryo (NPR) Scientists claim to clone monkey embryos (MSNBC) Scientists Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos (ABC News) Scientists Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos (CBC) Oregon Scientists Say They've Cloned First Primate and Generated Stem Cells (Wired Blog Network) If Cloning Humans is Wrong, So Is Cloning Monkeys (Wired Blog Network)