Cloning

The first rigorous study of aging cloned animals reveals they are perfectly normal

Copied animals’ long and healthy retirement may breathe life into cloning applications

Cloning has had a bigger impact on science, but a smaller one on human life, than many expected

From incubation in a bra to an afterlife under glass, how a cloned sheep attained celebrity status

The world’s most photographed ewe was born in Scotland on July 5, 1996. Nature Video talks to two of the researchers who created her.

This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on June 29, 2016. It is a Nature Video production.

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Scientists will examine the mammoth to learn whether it will yield enough undamaged DNA to make cloning the extinct creature a reality

I’ve been mentioning R&D in talks and articles a lot lately. Most audiences outside the beltway don’t immediately know I mean Research and Development – until I explain it’s the part of our federal budget accounting for a good deal of “science stuff.” R&D supports basic research and leads to new innovation while helping boost [...]

Genetic engineering could restore the once profuse North American bird after a century or more of extinction

Cell lines made by two separate teams could boost the prospects of patient-specific therapies

Sir Ian Wilmut proposes an alternative method as a possible means of creating a mammoth--or a hybrid. Such research could lead to major biological discoveries and advances

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is rethinking its rules in the wake of a recent breakthrough involving the creation of stem cell lines from a cloned human embryo