Cloning
The science, politics and ethics of cloning technology
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'I would do anything to see his face again': on cloning Dylan the boxerLaura Jacques and Richard Remde were devastated when their beloved pet died. Now they are looking forward to meeting his replica
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UK couple have dead dog cloned in South KoreaLaura Jacques and Richard Remde are first British customers of Sooam Biotech Research Foundation
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China's cloned cows: meat on the table or environmental disaster?Plans to clone cattle to meet China’s growing demand for beef threaten to take the country down a dangerous road to pollution, food insecurity and ill health
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Would you want a clone of your pet?This is precisely what a company in China is offering. So, if you had the cash, would you duplicate your dog, copy your cat and double your bunny?
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Largest animal cloning factory can save species, says Chinese founderTianjin facility aims to produce thousands of cow embryos as well as racehorses and sniffer dogs
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Scientists in Iran clone endangered mouflon – born to domestic sheepPoaching has driven the Isfahan mouflon close to extinction in Iran, where scientists are hailing the rare successful example of interspecies cloning
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Could we 'de-extinctify' the woolly mammoth?A team from Harvard made headlines recently by announcing it had put mammoth DNA into elephant cells. Could we ‘de-extinctify’ the beasts?
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Dolly’s getting a blue plaque? Here are nine other deserving mammalsBecause animals are people too – and sometimes we learn something important from them
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Mammoths are a huge part of my life. But cloning them is wrongTori Herridge: Instead of the romantic idea of bringing an ice age animal back to life, shouldn’t we put our best efforts into saving endangered elephants?
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Britain's first cloned dog is born – and described as 'ridiculous waste of money'
Cloning of dachshund puppy Mini-Winnie by Korean company Sooam Biotech raises ethical issues, say scientists
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Britain's first cloned dog born after £60,000 test-tube procedureDachshund cloned in Seoul after owner wins competition advertised in UK offering procedure free of charge
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Could everyone marry a supermodel? A scientific assessmentDean Burnett: Could everyone marry a supermodel? There are many scientific concerns around such a scenario.
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What killed off the giant beasts – climate change or man?Earth's 'megafauna' vanished as tribes spread. Now palaeontologists are asking if early humans were the cause
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A Number – review
Human individuality is at the heart of Caryl Churchill's brilliantly staged, punchy and discomforting look at cloning, writes Lyn Gardner
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Channel 4 plans some mutt-watch TVMedia Monkey: A new show will trawl the UK looking for the country's best loved dog – the pet will then be … cloned
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Imagine: Canadian dentist hopes to clone John Lennon using tooth DNAMichael Zuk, who bought the Beatle's molar in 2011, has begun sequencing his DNA as the first step in creating his double
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How to clone a mammoth
Ian Wilmut: While unlikely at present, the development of some form of mammoth or hybrid might be possible in the long-term, leading to major biological discoveries and advances
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Human cloning developments raise hopes for new treatments
People with conditions such as heart disease or Parkinson's could benefit from tissue grown with their own DNA
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Resurrected mammoths and dodos? Don't count on it
David Ehrenfeld: Let's focus on conserving living animals, not on an expensive quest to bring back extinct ones – or some variation of them
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Cloning extinct animals: to hell with frogs!
Dean Burnett: Scientists recently cloned an extinct frog. But surely there are better animals to resurrect than frogs. Frogs are rubbish
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Scientists clone extinct frog – Jurassic Park here we come?Australian Lazarus Project recreates cells of gastric brooding frog – and the Tasmanian tiger, woolly mammoth and dodo could be next, writes Leo Hickman
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If your dog is about to die, why not clone it?Leo Hickman: A researcher in South Korea claims he can clone your pet. All he needs is some tissue from the animal and £66,000
British couple celebrate after birth of first cloned puppy of its kind