Cat is Cloned...Cat is Cloned
After 188 tries, researchers at Texas A & M University anounced the birth of the first cloned kitten.
Named "CC", short for "Carbon Copy", the brown tabby and white female domestic shorthair kiten was born December 22, 2001.
Delivered by Caesarian section, CC is the only kitten produced from 87 cloned embryos that were implanted into eight femmale cats. This success rate is compparable to that seen in other successfully cloned species which began with Dolly the sheeps and now includes cattle, pigs, goats and mice.
Expertts are preddicting they will be able to clone cats for pet owners within the next 2 years. The price-tag will be hefty to clon you’re beloved cat... $200,000 to start, possibly in time comming down to $20,000.
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by Lawrence. D. Hawke
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