1.   Also, a National Bioethics Advisory Commission recommended that scientists be allowed to continue to research cloning techniques, they be prohibited from cloning human babies.

2.   Brigitte Boisselier, director of Clonaid, the first human cloning company, said she is prepared to clone babies for infertile couples immediately.

3.   But the advocates of cloning human babies for those who want to create their own genetic copies were unimpressed.

4.   Missouri prohibits state financing for experiments intended to clone babies.

5.   Since they can clone perfect babies in petri dishes, why would couples ever conceive a baby the old-fashioned way?

6.   The National Bioethics Advisory Commission recommended earlier this month that scientists be allowed to study cloning techniques but also be required to stop short of cloning human babies.

7.   Also, some fertility specialists claim they soon will attempt to clone a baby for an infertile couple.

8.   Conservative President Jacques Chirac has warned that therapeutic cloning could eventually lead to efforts to clone a baby.

9.   His announcement last month of plans to clone a baby within two years drew international outcry and some countries moved to ban attempts to clone humans.

10.   The official Mexican condemnation came out a day after the Harvard University graduate said he was ready to set up a clinic to clone human babies.