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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."

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  1. Normal-looking offspring were obtained from all... by Trax3001BBS · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Normal-looking offspring were obtained from all four strains tested."
    Link from article http://www.biolreprod.org/content/early/2013/06/25/biolreprod.113.110098.abstract)

    One scary a$$ line, indicates a 100% success rate.

    The ramifications of what's implied are numerous and cover every aspect of our future.

  2. Re: Yeah, well by DigiShaman · · Score: 3, Informative

    Minus the fact genetic mutations and corruption takes place over time from the original zygote. That, and the telomeres are shorter. Unless they solved that problem via resetting the length however. I doubt it though.

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