title: Cloning in reproductive medicine.
abstract: This review article summarizes the historical development of mammalian cloning, presents current advances and presumed risk factors in the field of reproductive cloning, discusses possible clinical applications of therapeutic and diagnostic cloning and outlines prospective commercial trends in pharmaceutical cloning. Predictable progress in biotechnology and stem cell engineering should prove to be advantageous for patients' health and for novel benefits in reproductive and regenerative medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria. johanna.ulmer@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Illmensee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019836:Preimplantation Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D012106:Research; D013234:Stem Cells; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*