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Genetic Savings & Clone
Company introduces cloned cats born by new technique
September 1st, 2004
The first two cats cloned by chromatin transfer (CT), a new cloning technology, are healthy and normal after having been born June 10 and 12, 2004. Genetic Savings & Clone (GSC), a pet-gene banking and cloning company, produced the kittens as a precursor to production of the first batch of cat clones for the public. The cloned kittens are genetic duplicates of Tahini, a 1-year-old female Bengal cat belonging to the 4-year-old son of GSC CEO Lou Hawthorne. The Bengal breed was developed in the 20th century by crossing small Asian Leopard Cats with domestic cats. The first of the two kittens, Tabouli, was born June 10, 2004, to a Tortoiseshell named...
Source: Biotech Week (2004-09-01)
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