Further development of the technique

will make it easier to grow cheaper

organs for transplants, such as hearts,
lungs and livers. It could also be used
to make cells that could treat or cure
diseases such as Parkinsons disease,
diabetes or even cure paralysis.

Dolly grew normally and was bred

twice with a ram. She gave birth to
perfectly normal lambs.

This technique could be used to create

clones of the very best farm animals.
These are worth a lot of money.

This kind of cloning could be used to

help save endangered varieties such
as wild asses, by using host mothers of
common breeds of the same species.

Success rates are low. Only about 1%

of embryos made this way result in live
births. Many die in late pregnancy or
soon after birth from abnormalities.
Research is now focused on making
better selection of good embryos.

Since Dolly, research groups all over

the world have used the technique to
make clones of cattle, sheep, mice,
goats and pigs. There has been no
success with rabbits, cats, monkeys or
dogs.

Dolly suffered from age-related

diseases when she was still young for
a sheep. She had arthritis when she
was five and was put down at six
because of a lung disease that
wouldnt get better.