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China Clones Police Dog Hailed ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Of Canines

China Clones Police Dog Hailed ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Of Canines

China’s first ever police dog clone has been unveiled, and it’s been hailed as the “Sherlock Holmes” of the canine world. Police dogs are invaluable to police officers, and in a bid to slash training times and costs, scientists in China’s Yunnan province have taken a DNA sample from a 7-year-old police dog and produced […]

5y ago

Northern White Rhino Species May Be Saved From Extinction Through IVF

Northern White Rhino Species May Be Saved From Extinction Through IVF

New hopes have been raised for the northern white rhino species after a recent study showed it may be possible to use IVF to breed new individuals. The northern white rhino population is currently made up of only two females, which are both unable to breed, after years of being hunted by poachers, according to […]

5y ago

Rogue Scientist Plans To Resurrect Woolly Mammoth In Two Years

Rogue Scientist Plans To Resurrect Woolly Mammoth In Two Years

A geneticist from Harvard University plans to resurrect the extinct woolly mammoth in two years by combing key genetic traits of the extinct creature with DNA from an endangered Asian elephant. Rogue geneticist George Church announced his plan to create a hybrid woolly mammoth embryo this week using advanced technology that doesn’t exist quite yet, […]

7y ago

Planned Woolly Mammoth Cloning Raises Ethical And Environmental Questions

Planned Woolly Mammoth Cloning Raises Ethical And Environmental Questions

The fictional scenario created by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park might become a reality if woolly mammoth cloning efforts prove to be successful. But the ethics of such gene editing procedures and warnings on their potential environmental consequences are shrouding the ambitious Harvard research project. According to a report from The Guardian, a team of […]

7y ago

Dog Cloning Lab In South Korea Will Clone Fido For $100,000 [Video]

Dog Cloning Lab In South Korea Will Clone Fido For $100,000 [Video]

It might sound like something out a cheap sci-fi flick, but there truly is a dog cloning lab in South Korea. The facility prides itself on performing commercial dog cloning services, and believe it or not, it’s a real thing. Pet owners the world over have utilized the facility to preserve their beloved pets in […]

8y ago

Diane von Furstenberg Clones Dog, Reveals Fall 2016 Ready To Wear Line

Diane von Furstenberg Clones Dog, Reveals Fall 2016 Ready To Wear Line

Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg along with her billionaire husband Barry Diller, have expanded their litter of cuddly friends by taking matters into their own hands by way of their wallets. The couple decided to clone their dog by paying a whopping $100,000. The New York Post reports on the bizarre tale of pet love […]

8y ago

Cloned Puppy: British Couple Spends $100,000 To Clone Dead Boxer, New Pup Born Day After Christmas

Cloned Puppy: British Couple Spends $100,000 To Clone Dead Boxer, New Pup Born Day After Christmas

A British couple spent $100,000 to clone their beloved family pet, and the cloned puppy was born happy and healthy the day after Christmas, The Guardian reported. Laura Jacques and Richard Remde of West Yorkshire, England, were distraught last June when their beloved boxer, Dylan, died of a brain tumor at 8-years-old. Fortunately, the couple […]

8y ago

Cloning Your Pet: Harmful Keepsake Or Unethical Pandora’s Box?

Cloning Your Pet: Harmful Keepsake Or Unethical Pandora’s Box?

Cloning has not been as much of a hot-button topic since the “glory days” — if you can call them that — of the late 1990s and early 2000s. At one time, the debate over whether it was immoral even made its way onto the era’s most popular sitcom, Seinfeld, in a joke where Jerry […]

8y ago

European Union Lawmakers To Ban Cloning Animals For Food, Vote To Halt Imports From Other Countries

European Union Lawmakers To Ban Cloning Animals For Food, Vote To Halt Imports From Other Countries

Lawmakers with the European Union (E.U.) have banned the use of cloned animals for a food source, further strengthening the ban by including provisions to halt the import of cloned animals as a food source from other countries outside of the E.U. The 28-nation bloc of the European Union, according to Discovery News, has voted […]

8y ago

John Lennon Clone? Dentist Wants To Harvest DNA From Beatles Founder’s Tooth

John Lennon Clone? Dentist Wants To Harvest DNA From Beatles Founder’s Tooth

John Lennon 2.0? A Canadian dentist who bought a John Lennon tooth at an auction apparently wants to clone the Beatles founder with DNA decoded from the molar. Dr. Michael Zuk of Alberta has attracted worldwide attention previously for his plans to extract the genetic code from the tooth. He is now back in the […]

10y ago

Cloned Dog Born After Owner Wins Contest

Cloned Dog Born After Owner Wins Contest

A cloned dog is a dream for many pet owners who long for their little puppy back. Well that dream has become a reality for one woman from London! According to ABC News, Rebecca Smith, 29, is the proud mother of a newly cloned Dachshund. Smith was the winner of a contest that would clone […]

10y ago

Free Dog Cloning Contest Announced By South Korean Biotech Firm

Free Dog Cloning Contest Announced By South Korean Biotech Firm

Dog cloning for free will apparently become a reality for one lucky owner of Britain’s first cloned canine. The Sooam Biotech Research Foundation of South Korea is offering to clone on its own dime one British family pooch, a process for which the firm normally charges about $100,000. The company is accepting entries via its […]

10y ago

John Lennon May Be Cloned: What Does This Mean For The Future?

John Lennon May Be Cloned: What Does This Mean For The Future?

A wacky doctor has decided to clone late musician John Lennon using the musician’s tooth. When this news first came out, it made pretty big headlines, but is it possible? We decided to delve into the possibility and the overall effects of human cloning. How did this idea start? Well, Canadian dentist Michael Zuk decided […]

10y ago

Keith Campbell Dies: Sheep Cloning Pioneer Passes Away At 58

Keith Campbell Dies: Sheep Cloning Pioneer Passes Away At 58

Professor Keith Campbell, a British cell biologist most famous for his work as a part of the team that cloned Dolly the sheep, died last week, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. He was 58. According to a statement released by The University of Nottingham on Thursday, Campbell passed away on October 5. His cause […]

11y ago

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