51.   It is unlikely any legislation sanctioning the creation of cloned embryos for research would pass in the United States.

52.   Mountford said the planned research would use cells donated by people suffering genetic diseases to create cloned embryos with diseased cell lines.

53.   Nearing an unprecedented vote, the House debated on Tuesday whether to prohibit scientists from cloning human beings or to allow cloned embryos to be used for research.

54.   Opponents argue that a cloned embryo is a human even before implantation in a womb, and to destroy it for research would be immoral.

55.   Opponents of cloning for research say even cloned embryos qualify as human beings.

56.   Scientists also believe that by creating cloned embryos from patients, they will be able to extract stem cells that are perfectly matched for transplant.

57.   Scientists believe that by creating cloned embryos from patients, they will be able to extract stem cells that are perfectly matched for transplant.

58.   The company wants to extract stem cells from cloned embryos that could be used to grow healthy organs for patients.

59.   The cloned embryo was formed by introducing genetic material into an egg cell and without the use of a sperm cell.

60.   The Human Reproductive Cloning Bill, tabled in the House of Lords last week, aims to prohibit implanting cloned embryos in a womb.