cloning
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China Claims It Cloned A Police Dog To ‘Save Time And Money’ On Training
Earlier this month, a southwestern police department in China received its newest canine trainee. Normally that wouldn’t make the news, except this pup was China’s first cloned police dog, according to Chinese state media.
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Dolly The Sheep Didn’t Die Prematurely Because She Was A Clone
Dolly the Sheep made biotech history in 1996 when she became the first animal cloned from adult somatic cells. She lived to the age of seven, which is young for sheep, leading scientists to speculate that her premature death had something to do with her being a clone. New research now shows this wasn’t the…
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Widow Of Hunter S. Thompson Plans To Clone Late Husband’s Legendary Weed
Over a decade after the death of famed author and psychonaut Hunter S. Thompson, a small part of his legacy might find new life. On Sunday, Anita Thompson announced that she was partnering with a cannabis company to clone her deceased husband’s favourite strains and sell them to the public.
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The Future Will Be Full Of Lab-Grown Meat
In 2013, the world’s first lab-grown burger was unveiled to the world. It carried a $US330,000 price tag, and apparently, it wasn’t all that tasty. But the scientists behind the idea have been hard at work, and artificial meat that’s both cost-effective and palatable may arrive sooner than we think.