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Article: Cloned kitty "CC" captures interest of pet owners who want "Tabby" back.
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- Transplant News
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- February 27, 2002
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Scientists at Texas A&M University, with funding by the Generic Savings & Clone, announced last week that they have successfully cloned the first domestic cat.
The research team, headed by Mark Westhusin of Texas A&M's veterinary medicine school, appropriately (depending on one's point of view) chose to introduce the 2-month old kitten dubbed "cc"- short for carbon copy - on February 14 which also happened to be Valentine's Day and National Donor Day in the US.
The successful cloning of cc, born on December 22, 2001, unleashed a deluge of phone calls from pet owners anxious to bring their beloved Tabby back to the litter box. "There's a huge interest ...