re: #713 Aceofwhat?

You’re right, this is not ‘cloning’ as in ‘creating a new being that is a replica of a current one’. It’s nuclear transfer, which is a standard cloning technique. However, should it be possible to bring these embryos to term, there’s nothing preventing, say, transfering the nuclei from all 4 cells at the 4-cell stage to 4 different eggs. In fact, for therapeutic purposes, given the hit-or-miss nature of these things, that’s probably what would be done. And if more than one of those transferred eggs comes to term… Instant clones.