Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

December 2, 2008 9:18:17 PM CST

Learn about Newser Points »

animal cloning

animal cloning news stories

5 Stories

 Frozen 
 Mice Cloned; 
 This Guy Next? 

Nuclear transfer technique revives genomes

Reuters Reuters Nov 4, 08 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Japanese scientists have succeeded in cloning mice frozen as long as 16 years, leading them to predict that the technique could be used to resurrect the likes of woolly mammoths. The researchers found that frozen brain cells worked best, though brain cells haven’t worked when cloning live mice, and the nuclear transfer technique worked even though the cells had burst. More »

More about:  genetics • woolly mammoth • animal cloning • clone

 Are Cloned Puppies
 Worth the Risks?

Critics say there may be many failures for every high-profile success

Wired Wired Aug 20, 08 2:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canine cloning looks set to become big business but critics warn that deformed and diseased failures could outnumber the tail-wagging successes, Wired reports. Cloning fails far more often than it succeeds, and dogs are notoriously hard to clone. A Humane Society report earlier this year charged that "serious animal suffering and disreputable activities" lurk behind pet cloning. More »

More about:  dog • cloning • puppy • cloned pets • animal cloning • Humane Society of the United States • RNL Bio

 Hero Dog
 Wins Cloning
 Contest 

German shepherd who sniffed out WTC survivors will soon have double

Globe and Mail Globe and Mail Jul 3, 08 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A retired Canadian rescue dog who helped find the last survivor in the rubble of the World Trade Center has been chosen as the world's most clone-worthy dog, the Globe & Mail reports. A California genetics company chose 15-year-old German shepherd Trakr to be cloned after reading an essay from his owner. Trakr—who now needs a dog wheelchair to get around—will meet his clone later this year. More »

More about:  dog • World Trade Center • cloning • rescue dogs • cloned pets • animal cloning

 Cloning Could Save Rare Rhino 

Geneticists make last-gasp effort to pull white rhino back from the brink

Independent (UK) Independent (UK) Apr 18, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with a wild population of northern white rhinos that can be counted on the fingers of one hand, scientists are turning to cloning in a last-ditch effort to save the species, the Independent reports. In a technique that could be used to pull other species back from the brink of extinction, scientists are mixing the rhino's cells with embryos of its less endangered cousin, the southern white. More »

More about:  DNA • endangered species • cloning • animal cloning • rhinoceros

Olé! Breeder to Clone Prize Bull

US company to copy Alcalde's DNA

Independent (UK) Independent (UK) Feb 24, 08 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Alcalde is one in a million: The hulking black bull's sons have struck fear in the hearts of Spain's bravest matadors for more than a decade. But now, in his waning years, his famed breeder has commissioned a US company to make him two in a million—with the cloned bull taking Alcalde's place as sire to champions. More »

More about:  Spain • breeding • bullfighting • animal cloning • clone • bulls

5 Stories

Today's Most Popular

Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Face it: there's too much news. At Newser a team of editors and writers culls the most important stories from hundreds of U.S. and international sources and reduces them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. It's the Newser guarantee: we can take any report or column or video and pack what you need to know into 120 words or less. Newser's short-form aggregation, visual format, and unique information tools help you get more of the kind of news you want, in a quicker and more entertaining way. And we do it 24/7—you can come back morning, noon, night (and in between) for something new that matters. Read less, know more.

Learn more »