Koreans Produce World's First Cloned Dog

[komodo]

Cute little guy... hehe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8808883/

South Korea’s pioneering stem cell scientist has cloned a dog, smashing another biological barrier and reigniting a fierce ethical debate — while producing a perky, lovable puppy.

The researchers, led by Woo-Suk Hwang, insist they cloned an Afghan hound, a resplendent supermodel in a world of mutts, only to help investigate human disease, including the possibility of producing stem cells for treatment purposes.

But others immediately renewed calls for a global ban on human reproductive cloning before the technology moves any farther.

“Successful cloning of an increasing number of species confirms the general impression that it would be possible to clone any mammalian species, including humans,” said Ian Wilmut, a reproductive biologist at the University of Edinburgh who produced the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, from an adult cell nearly a decade ago.

[witeshark]

Cloning. Watch out

[Hoppy]

pretty cool. kinda sceptical, but impressed non the less

[DEATH2000]

damm koreans..... should stay with makeing nukes rather than clones

[komodo]

They're obviously cloning the dogs to create an army of nuke-carrying-canines.

[spiff]

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