World hails monkey cloning

News of the successful cloning of two monkeys by Chinese scientists has attracted attentions around the world and triggered debate about moral and ethical standards, including in the United States.

Insoo Hyun of Case Western Reserves' School of Medicine said the cloning is a remarkable breakthrough.

"People have been trying for the past 20-plus years to do this since the birth of Dolly sheep. But nobody has ever been able to produce live baby monkeys from this, so it's quite startling," the bioethicist told Canada's CTV News.