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.

10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007 (see #9)

primate embryonic stem cells by somatic cell nuclear transfer (Nature)

Use Monkey Clones to Extract Stem Cells (NY Times)

Clone Monkeys for Stem Cells (Reuters)

Researchers Clone Monkey Embryo (NPR)

claim to clone monkey embryos (MSNBC)

Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos (ABC News)

Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos (CBC)

Scientists Say They've Cloned First Primate and Generated Stem Cells (Wired

Blog Network)

Cloning Humans is Wrong, So Is Cloning Monkeys (Wired Blog Network)