The evidence gathered thus far—ultimately to be published in the Draft Risk Assessment on Animal Cloning—indicates that there are no unique risks associated with animal cloning.
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Rudenko, L., Matheson, J. & Sundlof, S. Animal cloning and the FDA—the risk assessment paradigm under public scrutiny. Nat Biotechnol 25, 39–43 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0107-39
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