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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. I see .... by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... thousands of nerds chasing Natalie Portman with needles.

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  2. Re:Star cloning controversy by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What do you with the kid if Hitler is cloned?

    Nothing. Apart from looking like the original, he'll be raised differently by different people in a different environment and so he won't be the same person. A clone is just a biological copy, not a psychological one.

    Does Mr. Pitt owe child support to any of his clones? Or does Brad Pitt's father owe child support to the clones?

    No and no.

    It's not even valid questions, you'd need incredibly twisted logic and totally ass-backward laws to support these ideas.

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  3. Re:Does this mean... by RussR42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hitler clone