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ANAND NAIDOO, CNN ANCHOR: Now to a scientific procedure that's clearly poised to dramatically change the way we live. That's cloning. From agriculture to medicine, cloning technology can potentially feed us, cure us and allow us to create life. And even the controversial technology of human cloning is offering hope in China, where 6 to 10 percent of all couples are infertile.
CCTV's Dai Sha-Sha reports, despite its promise, doctors remain cautious and skeptical about cloning.
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DAI SHA-SHA, CCTV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Do you agree with human cloning? These med students have different answers.
WUN NAN, STUDENT DOCTOR (through translator): It's purely scientific research and has tremendous applications. I think it's a good idea.
ZHANG TU, STUDENT DOCTOR (through translator): It's not just a scientific issue, but a social and ethical one. It's like opening a Pandora's box, and you will never know what you will get.
U BENFU, CHINESE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (through translator): You cannot separate technology and ethics. If you know for sure an experiment has (UNINTELLIGIBLE) problems, then it will be inhumane to insist on doing it.
DAI: Well, some analysts say that even if the technology was available and allowed, it would still be hard for Chinese people to accept it.
U (through translator): One reason is that the treatment would be too costly. Moreover, it's hard to define the relationship between babies born this way and their genetic twins or the so-called parents.
DAI: In China, infertile couples can have artificial insemination or test tube babies. Both methods are more effective and less expensive than having cloned babies, but still doctors say cloning may become a supplementary treatment for fertility in China, but not until decades have passed.
This is Dai Sha-Sha of China Central Television for CNN WORLD REPORT. (END VIDEOTAPE)
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