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World Service,23 Jul 2001,26 mins

A Cloud over the Future of Cloning?

Science In Action

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Why scientists are concerned to discover that cloned mice are showing many subtle epigenetic abnormalities – the mouse DNA is intact but the expression of some genes is abnormal. Why sex is unsafe when unplanned. How scientists are recreating the voice of the Neanderthals. Highlights of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition in London.

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