Cloned Puppies: Sure, They're Cute, But at What Cost?
Bernann McKinney from the United States received five pit bull puppies
-- copies of her late pit bull, Booger -- from South Korean biotech firm
RNL Bio in what it calls the world's first commercial canine-cloning service.
Photo: Jin Han Hong/AP -- copies of her late pit bull, Booger -- from South Korean biotech firm
RNL Bio in what it calls the world's first commercial canine-cloning service.
When skin cells from a dead pit bull named Booger gave rise to five healthy-looking puppies with a $50,000 price tag, it marked the formal beginning of a commercial dog-cloning industry.But for all the attention given to these and other clones, little was paid to the behind-the-scenes science.
read more | digg story
.
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment