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NEWS ABOUT: animal cloning

animal cloning stories: 11 news summaries

World's First
Cloned Wolf Dies

Cause of death a mystery

Sep 1, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of  of the world's first two cloned wolves has died due to unknown causes, reports the Korea Times. Snuwolf, 4, was found dead at South Korea's national zoo. Her identical sister, Snuwolffy, remains healthy. "Snuwolf had been in good condition," said Prof. Shin Nam-sik, a leader of... More »

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South Korea • Seoul • science • zoo • cloning • Seoul National University • clone • animal cloning • wolves • lone wolf • Shin Nam-sik

Scientists Breed Mice From Stem Cell Alternative

Researchers turn adult, not embryonic, skin cells into stem cells

Jul 23, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists in China have created mice using stem cells made from modified skin cells—hinting at an alternative to embryonic stem cells, the Washington Post reports. Separate teams used viruses to manipulate genes that caused mice skin cells to regress back into induced pluripotent stem cells—which, within a placenta... More »

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China • stem cells • designer baby • Beijing • cloning • Shanghai • animal cloning • lab mice • induced pluripotent stem cells • embryonic stem cells

 Indian 
 Scientists 
 Clone Buffalo 

First clone died soon after birth

Jun 8, 09 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 95-pound female. The ability to... More »

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India • cloning • clone • animal cloning • buffalo

(Newser) - South Korean scientists have cloned a group of four female beagles that glow red under ultraviolet light, the AP reports. The researchers inserted fluorescent genes during the cloning process, an achievement that could lead to advances in human medicine and science. “What’s significant in this work is not... More »

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South Korea • genetic research • beagle • dog • animal cloning • ultraviolet light • fluorescence

Cloning Brings Extinct Ibex Back to Life

Breakthrough may be used to save endangered species

Feb 1, 09 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have used frozen skin samples from a Spanish ibex to create the first clone of an extinct species, reports the Telegraph. The ibex, a wild mountain goat native to the Pyrenees, died out in 2000. Scientists were able to extract DNA from preserved cells and implant it in the... More »

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endangered species • DNA • extinction • goats • animal cloning • Spanish ibex • nuclear transfer

 Fido's Clone Just Ain't Fido 

Doggie behavior, physical traits can differ

Jan 1, 09 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Lou Hawthorne's canine cloning business is well on its way—with clients paying upwards of $130,000 to duplicate their pets—but the copies of his own beloved family dog have hardly replaced her. Clones Mira and MissyToo vary in size and color, and Hawthorne's mother—keeper of the original... More »

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South Korea • cloning • dog • cloned pets • animal cloning • pet owners • Lou Hawthorne

 Frozen 
 Mice Cloned; 
 This Guy Next? 

Nuclear transfer technique revives genomes

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... More »

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genetics • woolly mammoth • clone • animal cloning

 Are Cloned Puppies
 Worth the Risks?

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

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... More »

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puppy • cloning • Humane Society • dog • cloned pets • RNL Bio • animal cloning

 Hero Dog
 Wins Cloning
 Contest 

German shepherd who sniffed out WTC survivors will soon have double

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... More »

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World Trade Center • rescue dogs • cloning • dog • cloned pets • animal cloning

 Cloning Could Save Rare Rhino 

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

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... More »

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endangered species • DNA • cloning • animal cloning • rhinoceros

Olé! Breeder to Clone Prize Bull

US company to copy Alcalde's DNA

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... More »

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Spain • breeding • bulls • bullfighting • Vitoriano del Rio • clone • breeder • matador • animal cloning • Alcalde

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