Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Mouse Cloned From Drop of Blood

Posted by timothy on from the vampire-mouse dept.

Ogi_UnixNut writes "Scientists in Japan have succeeded in cloning a mouse from a drop of blood. From the BBC: 'Circulating blood cells collected from the tail of a donor mouse were used to produce the clone, a team at the Riken BioResource Center reports in the journal Biology of Reproduction.' The female mouse managed to live a normal lifespan and could reproduce, according to the researchers."

1 of 111 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I see .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What's with nerds and the Natalie Portman obsession anyway? Can anyone explain that?