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World's first cloned wolf dies

AP Features 162 days ago

A scientist in South Korea says one of the world's first cloned wolves has died for unknown reasons. Seoul National University professor Shin Nam-sik says the wolf, named Snuwolf, was found dead at its zoo on Aug. 26. Shin, who was involved ...

World's first cloned wolf dies: researcher

AFP Global Edition 162 days ago

One of the world's first two cloned wolves has died from an apparent infection, a professor who produced the clones almost four years ago said Tuesday. Snuwolf (Seoul National University wolf) was found dead on August 26 at Seoul Zoo, Professor Shin ...

SKorean cloning expert to re-create dogs for province

AFP Global Edition 162 days ago

South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk plans to present two cloned dogs to one of the country's provinces to help it nurture a bio-technology industry, his research centre said Monday. The Sooam Biotech Research Foundation led by Hwang said it was ready to ...

S.Korea prosecutors seek jail for clone expert

AFP Asian Edition 169 days ago

South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded a four-year jail term for disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk, who is on trial for fraud, embezzlement and ethical breaches. Hwang was indicted in 2006 after his claims to have created the world's first cloned human ...

S. Korean firm to open major dog cloning centre

AFP Global Edition 179 days ago

A South Korean biotechnology firm will early next year open a centre capable eventually of producing up to 1,000 cloned dogs annually, a company executive said Friday. "We need this new facility to turn dog cloning services into a full-fledged business," Cho ...

Clone ranger sniffs out airport drugs

AFP Global Edition 182 days ago

A cloned sniffer dog has proved itself smarter than the average pup by detecting drugs at South Korea's main airport just weeks after starting service, officials said Wednesday. The dog, named Tosun, detected three grams (0.1 of an ounce) of narcotics in ...

South Korea deploys cloned drug-sniffing dogs

AP News 205 days ago

Clone war meets drug war: South Korea puts duplicated sniffer dogs to work in airport South Korea has put cloned dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs at customs. Six genetic duplicates of a single Labrador retriever have been working at the ...

South Korean customs deploy six cloned sniffer dogs

AFP Global Edition 205 days ago

South Korea customs has deployed what it claims to be the world's first cloned working sniffer dogs, officials said. Six out of seven puppies, cloned from a Canadian-born sniffer dog in late 2007, reported for duty after completing their 16-month training on ...

Iran says it is first in Mideast to clone a cow

AP Features 213 days ago

Iranian scientists have become the first in the Middle East to clone a cow as part of the country's stem cell research, the leader of the project said Saturday. The male cow, named Bonyana, was born Saturday in the city of Isfahan ...

EU ministers leave open possibility of clone food

AFP Global Edition 232 days ago

EU farm ministers revived the row over 'Frankenfoods' Monday by retaining the possibility of cloned animal products being sold in Europe, despite scientific uncertainty and Green opposition. Meeting in Luxembourg, the agriculture ministers agreed a set of new rules for the cloned ...

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