The Reproductive-Therapeutic Seam (Cloning Substrate-vs-Announcement)
In plain terms
[Report #108 — Cloning/Eugenics Lens] Therapeutic cloning (SCNT for stem cells — Mitalipov/OHSU derived human blastocysts + ESC lines, Cell 2013) builds the same oocyte-procurement and blastocyst-management infrastructure as reproductive cloning.
[Report #108 — Cloning/Eugenics Lens] Therapeutic cloning (SCNT for stem cells — Mitalipov/OHSU derived human blastocysts + ESC lines, Cell 2013) builds the same oocyte-procurement and blastocyst-management infrastructure as reproductive cloning. Primate SCNT is now standardized (CAS macaques Zhong Zhong/Hua Hua 2018; rhesus Retro 2024) yet no born human clone exists. The public 'banned / technically impossible' framing is the announcement layer over a continuous capability substrate. The report's '95% of the infrastructure for a born clone' is a [LOGIC]/[CLAIM] lean — held, not a finding. Apex held; manifestation b.