Author: Lidziya Tarasenka

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Healthcare professional with a strong background in medical journalism, media redaction, and fact-checking healthcare information. Medical advisor skilled in research, content creation, and policy analysis. Expertise in identifying systemic healthcare issues, drafting reports, and ensuring the accuracy of medical content for public and professional audiences.

Cloning a mammal – creating a genetic copy of an existing organism – is no longer science fiction. In 2018, the first viable cloned monkeys were born, demonstrating a proof of concept: biologically, there may be no absolute barrier to cloning a human: take an egg cell, remove its nucleus, insert the nucleus from an adult donor cell, stimulate it to develop into an embryo, and implant it into a surrogate mother. 

As of May 2025 the FDA has not approved any medical generative AI-based systems for general patient care. But more and more AI co-pilots that aim to assist clinicians are emerging.

Dr. Phil Kennedy stares at the ceiling of a Belizean operating room, determined and fearful. It’s 2014, and the pioneering neurologist – celebrated as the “father of the cyborg” for giving a locked-in patient the power to move a computer cursor by thought – has resorted to extreme measures.