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Koreans succeed in cloning human embryos Level 1 |
Elementary 1 1 Key Vocabulary Fill the gaps using these key words from the text:
stem cells organs cloning disease embryo blatocyst 1. Copying an animal or a human to make another animal or human is called ____________ .
2. The small egg that eventually becomes a baby is called an ____________ .
3. ____________ change a fertilised egg into 10 trillion cells during pregnancy.
4. Diabetes is a long-term ____________ .
5. A ____________ is a tiny ball of cells that together become an embryo.
6. The heart, brain, liver and kidneys are all human ____________ .
2 Find the Information: Correct the statements Look in the text and correct the underlined words in these sentences:
1. The first cloned animal was a horse.
2. President Bush is in favour of stem cell research.
3. Scientists have now cloned a human baby.
4. They used 252 eggs from 16 women to clone 30 blatocysts.
5. The scientists were from the US and Japan.
6. The research could lead to treatment for short-term diseases.
7. The first stages for cloning for use in medical treatment and for cloning
babies are different.
8. Humans have 10 billion cells.
