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A Human Stem Cell Has Been Cloned For The First Time

Almost two decades ago, scientists succeeded in cloning Dolly the sheep. Now, the same process has been allowed scientists to clone embryonic stem cells from fetal human skin cells for the very first time. There are no more barriers between us and creating human clones.

24 December 2012

Science

Is Cloning The Key To Perfect Christmas Trees?

When you think of cloning, you’ll probably either think of Dolly, or maybe some sort of sci-fi clone army. German scientists, on the other hand, their minds hop to Christmas trees, and the hope that cloning can bring us all perfect ones forever.

31 July 2012

Science

Australian Billionaire Wants To Build Jurassic Park-Style Resort

For those not familiar with the CV of mining billionaire Clive Palmer, you could be forgiven for thinking this sounds a bit out there, but sources close to the man himself are reporting that Palmer wants to clone a dinosaur from DNA and release it in his resort in Coolum, Queensland. Welcome…to Jurassic Palmer.

5 December 2011

Science

Mammoths May Be Roaming The World Soon

Scientists have been trying to clone woolly mammoths for years, but now they’re really close. So close that in five years you may see herds of this gigantic beast — one of our favourite extinct prehistoric animals of all time.

18 June 2011

Geek Out

China Is Cloning This Entire European City

Not happy with cloning watches, iPods, trains and even combat airplanes, the Chinese are now cloning an entire European city. And not any city, but the mountain town of Hallstatt, Austria, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

18 February 2011

Science

Our Genetic Databases Are Already Corrupted

The big news back in the day was sequencing the human genome. It was a long, laborious process, and the resulting document was hardly a page-turner, but it meant that if someone had the right technology they could reconstruct human DNA from scratch. They could build a human. Now they can build a whole lot of things.

2 December 2010

Science

Dolly The Sheep Is Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive!

In 1996, Dolly the sheep made headlines for being the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. She was put down in 2002. But as it turns out, Dolly’s still alive today. A scientist secretly made four copies years ago.

31 July 2010

Science

Europe Could Be Eating Cloned Meat, Dairy Right Now

Whether you think it’s cool and futuristic or gross and immoral, cloning can yield leaner, healthier livestock. And the Times reports that some cloned meat and dairy products are already thought to be lining Old World supermarket shelves.

22 April 2009

Science

Panayiotis Zavos Has Cloned Dead Humans, Implanted Other Cloned Embryos

This is Cady, who died at age 10 in a car accident. More recently, Dr. Panayiotis Zavos infused her DNA into a cow’s egg to study human cloning.

29 January 2009

Science

Couple Pays $US150,000 for First Single-Birth Dog Clone in the US

I understand people really close to dogs. I am. I love Jones like if he was my own son. Seriously. But paying $US150,000 to clone a dog after he dies, like this couple from Miami?

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