Human cloning would also be useful to create decerebrate clones of adult humans, to provide organs and tissues for transplant and replacement.
"The ability to create sets of genetically identical macaques will likely be extremely valuable for medical research.
Macaques are closer to humans genetically than mice, so insights gleaned from testing on them is far more likely to translate to humans. Using cloned animals instead of ones that are simply related also adds a level of precision to the testing by creating a true “control.”
Entire groups of macaques with genes linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, or cancer could be developed in the lab, and doctors could test different treatments on the animals to get an accurate idea of how they’d respond. They could also make minor tweaks to the genes of one animal to see how it developed differently from the rest of the population."
"The ability to create sets of genetically identical macaques will likely be extremely valuable for medical research.
Macaques are closer to humans genetically than mice, so insights gleaned from testing on them is far more likely to translate to humans. Using cloned animals instead of ones that are simply related also adds a level of precision to the testing by creating a true “control.”
Entire groups of macaques with genes linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, or cancer could be developed in the lab, and doctors could test different treatments on the animals to get an accurate idea of how they’d respond. They could also make minor tweaks to the genes of one animal to see how it developed differently from the rest of the population."