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.

Top
10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007 (see #9)
Producing
primate embryonic stem cells by somatic cell nuclear transfer (Nature)
Scientists
Use Monkey Clones to Extract Stem Cells (NY Times)
Researchers
Clone Monkeys for Stem Cells (Reuters)
Stem-Cell
Researchers Clone Monkey Embryo (NPR)
Scientists
claim to clone monkey embryos (MSNBC)
Scientists
Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos (ABC News)
Scientists
Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos (CBC)
Oregon
Scientists Say They've Cloned First Primate and Generated Stem Cells (Wired
Blog Network)
If
Cloning Humans is Wrong, So Is Cloning Monkeys (Wired Blog Network)