On this week's episode, we talk with Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov. Dr. Mitalipov is an Assistant Scientist and a Co-Director of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Embryonic Stem Cell Core Laboratory at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University. We talk with Dr. Mitalipov about his recent breakthrough in cloning monkey embryos and the scientific methods that got him there. * Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007 (see #9) * Producing primate embryonic stem cells by somatic cell nuclear transfer (Nature) * Scientists Use Monkey Clones to Extract Stem Cells (NY Times) * Researchers Clone Monkeys for Stem Cells (Reuters) * Stem-Cell Researchers Clone Monkey Embryo (NPR) * Scientists claim to clone monkey embryos (MSNBC) * Scientists Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos (ABC News) * Scientists Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos (CBC) * Oregon Scientists Say They've Cloned First Primate and Generated Stem Cells (Wired Blog Network) * If Cloning Humans is Wrong, So Is Cloning Monkeys (Wired Blog Network)