Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret, recently gave birth to two healthy kits at the Smithsonian National Zoo, Colorado Public Radio reported. This marks the first time a cloned endangered animal in ...

BRITAIN’S first pet cloning clinic has been launched offering owners the chance to almost bring back their beloved animals.

Preservation of animal genetic material poses its own unique ... hair or skin samples. With cloning techniques pioneered in the 1990s, DNA extracted from these non-reproductive cells can be ...

There are a number of specific cloning techniques, but typically a cell nucleus from the animal you wish to clone is injected into a donor egg that has had its genetic material removed.

The efficiency of nuclear transfer remains extremely low (<2%) and high rates of perinatal mortality are observed, particularly when adult somatic cells are used as donor karyoplasts. This ...

Sooam is also involved in a joint venture with Chinese biotechnology firm Boyalife to set up what will be the world’s largest animal cloning factory in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin.

The European Union assembly on Tuesday tightened a 2013 proposal by EU regulators that would provisionally prohibit the cloning of some animals -- cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and horses -- and the ...

But the legislative discussions reached a deadlock mainly due to the provisions applicable to nanomaterials and the cloning of animals for food production. On 24 November 2014, the European ...

“Some of the most valued animals are worth up to Dh20 million,” Dr Wani said. “Through cloning we are able to produce an exact genetic replica of that animal. “If we charge half a million ...

While one of the offspring, referred to as kits, passed away shortly after birth, the two others, a male and a female, “are in good health and meeting developmental milestones under the care of NZCBI ...

“Fibroblast cells contain the whole genetic makeup of the animal,” explains Lucy. “Each of these cells has a nucleus within them that we use for cloning the pet.” An electrical impulse ...

“Cloning is growing as fast as we can effectively ... cultured and frozen before or just after the animal dies. ViaGen charges $150 annually, on top of an initial $1,600 collection fee, for ...