President Bush has already spoken out about news from South Korea late yesterday that scientists there have managed to clone human stem cells for medical research.

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But Mitalipov says his process with the human cells isn't designed to generate a human clone, but rather just to create the embryonic stem cells.

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But ultimately, she would like to avoid the awkward process of collecting egg cells from the northern wombat, and clone the animal instead.

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