Chinese Biotech Giant Rules Out Cloning Humans… For Now

Chung Sung-Jun—Getty ImagesCloned puppies at the sniffer dog training centre of the Korea Customs Service in Incheon, Korea, on April 24, 2008.

The head of a Chinese firm that is building the world’s biggest animal cloning factory has vowed not to use the technology on people — for now, at least.

Biotech company Boyalife Group’s $30 million facility in the coastal city of Tianjin will produce embryos of cattle as well as racehorses and contraband-sniffing dogs when it becomes operational next year.

“No, we don’t do human cloning, we won’t make Frankensteins,” said Dr. Xu Xiaochun, its chief executive. “The technology we have is very advanced … [but if uncontrolled] technology can also do damage … Every technology has to have a boundary.”