The world's largest cloning factory could one day clone HUMANS: Scientist claims technology is ready but public opinion isn't- China's Boyalife Group will start producing dogs, cows and horses in 2016
- Boss Xu Xiaochun said the technology to clone humans 'is already here'
- He said the company is holding off to avoid hostile public reaction
The Chinese scientist behind the world's largest cloning factory has said that replicating humans is already possible, but he is only holding off doing so for fear of the public reaction. Xu Xiaochun, head of Boyalife Group, said his firm is already working to improve t
he cloning of primates in order to better test the animals for diseases. And
he added it is just 'a short biological step' from monkeys to humans.
Boyalife Group and its partners are building the giant plant in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin. It is due to go into production within the next seven months and aims for an output of one
million cloned cows a year by 2020.But cattle are only the beginning of chief executive Xu's ambitions.In the factory's pipeline are also thoroughbred racehorses, pets, police dogs specialised in searching and sniffing, and even humans. 'The technology is already there,' Xu told AFP. 'If this is allowed, I don't think there are other companies better than Boyalife that make better technology.'
The firm is not currently carrying out human cloning activities, Xu stressed, to avoid possible adverse reaction.But, he continued, '
social values can change', citing changing views of homosexuality. He added that, in time, humans could also have more choices about their own reproduction.
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