"The public needs to be fully aware that what it means is the wholesale use and, in my view, abuse of embryos," Dr. Greg Pike states. He's part of the Southern Cross Bioethics Institute, and knows exactly how Mathilda was produced. The process basically takes the DNA from the cell of a foetus and fuses it with an egg cell which has had the DNA removed. The result is a living creature which is an exact replica of the foetus. But the catch is that after these cells are taken from the egg, the embryo is rendered useless and no more development can occur. Dr. Pike sees this as the direct abuse of embryos --essentially murder.