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Human-pig hybrid embryos given go ahead
A licence to create human-pig embryos to study heart disease has been issued by the fertility watchdog.
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Cloned meat is safe for consumers, say US officials in 968-page report
· Provisional backing given by European agency · Critics claim method detrimental to welfare
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Disgraced Korean scientist clones endangered breed of dog
A South Korean team led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Thursday it has created 17 clones of an endangered dog breed popular in China.
The Sooam Biotech Research Foundation said in a statement that the cloned Tibetan mastiff dogs were born in April, two months after being requested by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The foundation said it takes two months to produce cloned dogs from pregnancy, but it declined to discuss its success rate, citing internal policy.
...Hwang scandalized the international scientific community in 2005 when his breakthrough human cloning research involving embryonic stem cells was found to have been faked... A South Korean team led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Thursday it has created 17 clones of an endangered dog bre... more -
Cloning cells to fight cancer
A man is cancer free after having his cloned defensive cancer cells injected into his body. I never liked the idea of cloning whole animals, etc., but cloning individual cells to fight disease sounds like a good step towards eliminating cancer. A man is cancer free after having his cloned defensive cancer cells injected into his body. I never liked the idea of cloning whole an... more
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Jurassic Park comes true: How scientists are bringing dinosaurs back to life
Dinosaurs walking the Earth once again . . . quite a concept.
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8 'clone farm' cows born in UK
Meat or milk from the calves, flown into Britain as frozen embryos and implanted into a surrogate, could be on sale here within months. Meat or milk from the calves, flown into Britain as frozen embryos and implanted into a surrogate, could be on sale here within months... more
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Hair cloning could provide cure for baldness
Premature baldness could soon be assigned to history after scientists have pioneered a treatment to clone hair.
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Tissue of dead humans to be cloned
Scientists are to be permitted to use tissue from dead people to create cloned human stem cells for research, under a legal change put forward by the government.
Health ministers have proposed that laboratories should be allowed to use stored human tissue to create cloned embryonic stem cells without the explicit consent of the tissue donor. This would allow research to be done on tissue donated for medical research as long as 30 years ago. Scientists would also be able to use cells from people who have died since they donated their tissue or who cannot be contacted.
Scientists are to be permitted to use tissue from dead people to create cloned human stem cells for research, under a legal change put... more -
Puppy clones
San Franciscan firm offers to clone your dogs for extra cash. Did anyone learn anything from the sheep we tried a while back? What is this obsession with cloning? San Franciscan firm offers to clone your dogs for extra cash. Did anyone learn anything from the sheep we tried a while back? What is ... more
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Dolly the cloned sheep preserved
Dolly the ewe, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell at Royal museum Scotland
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Cancer detecting dog to be cloned in South Korea
A Japanese "cancer-sniffing" dog named Marine, who is unable to reproduce due to treatment of a disease, will be cloned by a Seoul-based biotechnology company. Apparently the goal is to distribute the clones worldwide to they can be studied and hopefully detect cancer.
Does cloning an animal mean that their unusual talents, that may have been acquired through some undetermined environmental stimulus, may also redevelop in the clone? It will be interesting to see if it does in this case. A Japanese "cancer-sniffing" dog named Marine, who is unable to reproduce due to treatment of a disease, will be cloned by a Seoul-bas... more -
Old Man's War by John Scalzi...a must read for hard sci-fi enthusiasts
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.
The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe, it turns out, is a hostile place.
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army. ... more -
SKorea cloned drug-sniffing dogs
The country that created the world's first cloned canine plans to put duplicated dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs and explosives.
The Korean Customs Service unveiled Thursday seven cloned Labrador retrievers being trained near Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. The dogs were born five to six months ago after being separately cloned from a skilled drug-sniffing canine in active service.
Due to the difficulties in finding dogs who are up to snuff for the critical jobs, officials said using clones could help reduce costs.
The cloning work was conducted by a team of Seoul National University scientists who in 2005 successfully created the world's first known dog clone, an Afghan hound named Snuppy.
The team is led by Professor Lee Byeong-chun, who was a key aide to disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk. Hwang's purported breakthroughs in stem cell research were revealed as false, but independent tests proved the team's dog cloning was genuine.
The seven new cloned male dogs are all healthy, though one was sent to a university laboratory a few days ago for a minor foot injury it received during training, according to training center head Lim Jae-ryoung. For now, the dogs all share the same name: "Toppy" - a combination of the words "tomorrow" and "puppy." The country that created the world's first cloned canine plans to put duplicated dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs and explosives. ... more -
Cloned animal meat - It's happening now!
Cloned animals and their offspring have been declared safe to eat; their meat will be on sale in the US in months
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"now we have the technology to clone a child"
A new form of cloning has been developed that is easier to carry out than the technique used to create Dolly the sheep, raising fears that it may one day be used on human embryos to produce "designer" babies.
Scientists who used the procedure to create baby mice from the skin cells of adult animals have found it to be far more efficient than the Dolly technique, with fewer side effects, which makes it more acceptable for human use... A new form of cloning has been developed that is easier to carry out than the technique used to create Dolly the sheep, raising fears ... more -
Cloning breakthrough used to treat Parkinsons
Therapeutic cloning has been successfully used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice, US researchers say. The study provides the best evidence so far that the controversial technique could one day help people with the condition.
Parkinson's disease is a condition where nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls muscle movement either die or become impaired. In therapeutic cloning, the nucleus of a cell is inserted into an egg with the nucleus removed. This cell then develops into an embryo from which stem cells can be harvested and used as a treatment.
In this study, stem cells were developed into dopamine-producing neurons the missing nerve cells in Parkinson's disease. Scientists are pursuing the use of stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease because it would allow the replacement of the dead dopamine-producing nerve cells with new, healthy cells.
Therapeutic cloning has been successfully used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice, US researchers say. The study provides the best e... more -
S. Korean company to clone dead pets
...and they've got their first order! A U.S. pitbull terrier named Booger, to be exact.
Oh yes. Booger.
"RNL Bio says this is the first time a dog will have been cloned commercially.
'There are many people who want to clone their pet dogs in Western countries even at this high price,' company chief executive, Ra Jeong-chan, told the Korea Times.'
The firm is expecting hundreds more orders for pets over the next few years and also plans to clone dogs trained to sniff out bombs or drugs." ...and they've got their first order! A U.S. pitbull terrier named Booger, to be exact. Oh yes. Booger. ... more -
AL (artificial life) actually a reality???
This sends chills down my spine, though I'm all for it!
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Cloning embryos from skin cells is now a reality
Imagine giving some scientists a bit of your skin, and with that, they return with a little embryo clone of yourself. That kinda creeps me out. But it's a good step for scientists working towards developing scientifically valuable stem cells. Unfortunately, like other cloned embryo achievements, these new embryos didn't produce any stem cells. THAT will be the next big advancement in this field... that and getting around the stem cell debate. Do you think that cloning embryos for providing stem cells for studying diseases and hopefully one day treating diseases like diabetes and Parkinson's is ok? Imagine giving some scientists a bit of your skin, and with that, they return with a little embryo clone of yourself. That kinda creep... more
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U.S. Company Claims Cloned Human and Made Stem Cells
Supposedly 5 embryos were cloned from skin cells from the arms of male employees. They subsequently harvested stem cells from the embryos. The embryos were destroyed from the tests necessary to prove cloning was successful. There are doubts about the validity of the experiments. If confirmed, these will be the first cloned human embryos. Supposedly 5 embryos were cloned from skin cells from the arms of male employees. They subsequently harvested stem cells from the emb... more
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