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Article: Korean scientists clone three more Afghan Hound puppies.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- December 17, 2006
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SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap ) -- A team of South Korean scientists, credited with producing the world's first cloned dog last year, claimed Sunday that they have cloned three puppies of the same species. Lee Byung-chun, a veterinary professor at state-run Seoul National University, was a member of the team, led by disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk, who cloned an Afghan Hound, named Snuppy, for the first time last year.
Leading his own research team, Lee has cloned three more Afghan Hounds this year, using the same technique that helped him clone the first one, according to the team's research paper published on the online edition of the international ...