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In the article “ These monkey twins are the first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly”. By Dennis Normile, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The author is not a scientist, but the people who he interviews are. The technique that scientists Qiang Sun and Mu-Ming Poo, is the same technique that was used to clone the world's first cloned mammal a sheep named Dolly. Using the Method (SCNT) also known as Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. The reachers also have adapted several new techniques, which they said lead to their success.

Using the Method Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. Scientists start with taking the nucleus of a cell from a tissue and inserting it into an animal egg which has its DNA carrying

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