Nothing really prepared the world for the 1997 announcement that a group of Scottish scientists had created a cloned sheep named Dolly. Many folks believe that within the next decade, we will hear a more shocking announcement of the first cloned human. Scientists in South Korea have already created human embryonic stem cells through cloning.


Talking to yourself will take on a whole new meaning when cloning is made possible.

Until now, the idea of human cloning has only been possible through movie magic, but the natural progression of science is making human cloning a true possibility. We've cloned sheep, mice and cows, so why not humans? Some countries have set up laws banning cloning, but it is still legal in many countries.

In this article, we will look at the process that could be used to clone humans, why we would want to clone ourselves and the controversy surrounding cloning.