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Indian Scientists Clone Buffalo

First clone died soon after birth

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 8, 2009 1:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – The buffalo has now joined sheep, camels, and wolves among the ranks of the cloned, Discover reports. Scientists at India’s National Dairy Research Institute first cloned a buffalo in February, but it died soon after its birth. They’ve now cloned another: Garima, a... Read full story »

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