title: Human cloning 2001.
abstract: This review summaries human cloning from a clinical perspective. Natural human clones, that is, monozygotic twins, are increasing in the general community. Iatrogenic human clones have been produced for decades in infertile couples given fertility treatment such as ovulation induction. A clear distinction must be made between therapeutic cloning using embryonic stem cells and reproductive cloning attempts. Unlike the early clinical years of in vitro fertilization, with cloning there is no animal model that is safe and dependable. Until there is such a model, 'Dolly'-style human cloning is medically unacceptable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.forename: Martin F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Pera
authors.forename: Luk
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rombauts
authors.forename: Alan O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Trounson
mesh_terms: D019976:Cloning, Organism; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D013234:Stem Cells; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic