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Article: Door opened to new era of pet cloning
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- Daily Breeze
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- February 18, 2002
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Door opened to new era of pet cloning
Scientists in Texasconfirmed last week that they have successfully
cloned a domestic cat. The carbon-copy calico, aptly named "Cc:," was
born Dec. 22 in a university laboratory.
While researchers elsewhere have created cloned sheep, mice, goats
and pigs, Cc:'s arrival could very well usher in a brave new era of
pet cloning.
"You can't beat around the bush," said Mark Westhusin, who lead
the scientific team that produced the world's first cat clone. "There
are lots of people interested in their pets, so why avoid it?"
Indeed, the work of Westhusin and his colleagues at Texas A&M
University's College of Veterinary Medicine was funded by ...