ical ▁ob jections , ▁re product ive ▁cl oning ▁in ▁humans ▁is ▁pro scri bed ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 ▁countries . ▁Most ▁research ers ▁believe ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁for ese e able ▁future ▁it ▁will ▁not ▁be ▁possible ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁current ▁cl oning ▁technique ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁human ▁clone ▁that ▁will ▁develop ▁to ▁term . ▁It ▁remains ▁a ▁possibility , ▁though ▁critical ▁adjust ments ▁will ▁be ▁required ▁to ▁overcome ▁current ▁limitations ▁during ▁early ▁emb ry onic ▁development ▁in ▁human ▁SC NT . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁potential ▁for ▁tre ating ▁dise ases ▁associated ▁with ▁mut ations ▁in ▁mit och ond rial ▁DNA . ▁Rec ent ▁studies ▁show ▁SC NT ▁of ▁the ▁nucle us ▁of ▁a ▁body ▁cell ▁aff lic ted ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁dise ases ▁into ▁a ▁health y ▁o ocy te ▁prevents ▁the ▁inheritance ▁of ▁the ▁mit och ond rial ▁disease . ▁This ▁treatment ▁does ▁not ▁involve ▁cl oning ▁but ▁would ▁produce ▁a ▁child ▁with ▁three ▁gen etic ▁parents . ▁A ▁father ▁providing ▁a ▁s perm ▁cell , ▁one ▁mother ▁providing ▁the ▁egg ▁nucle us , ▁and ▁another ▁mother ▁providing ▁the ▁en uc le ated ▁egg ▁cell . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁first ▁successful ▁cl oning ▁of ▁prim ates ▁using ▁som atic ▁cell ▁nuclear ▁transfer , ▁the ▁same ▁method ▁as ▁Dol ly ▁the ▁sheep , ▁with ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁two ▁live ▁female ▁cl ones ▁( c rab - e ating ▁mac a ques ▁named ▁Zh ong ▁Zh ong ▁and ▁H ua ▁H