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CBS News | Pet Cloning Arrives | March 29, 2002 16:13:45
CBS News | Pet Cloning Arrives | March 29, 2002 16:13:45:
(CBS) Will pet cloning one day be common? Jim Axelrod reports.
CC, short for Carbon Copy, is the world’s first cloned cat, born last December.
“She’s perfectly healthy. She’s a playful, normal happy little kitten,” says Lou Hawthorne, CEO of Genetic Savings and Clone, the California company that spent millions of dollars to produce the clone.
It took 87 tries to produce CC – so there’s a lot more research to be done. But Hawthorne is convinced that once the kinks are out, the practice will be widespread.
He may be right: Thousands of people across the country, like Debbie Thieme of McKeesport, Pennsylvania are already lining up for the chance to someday replicate their pets – both cats and dogs. Debbie hopes to clone not just one beloved dog – but an entire pack.
Debbie, an intensive care nurse, has decided to preserve skin samples from all four of her dogs, and store them for the day when science will allow her to produce exact genetic duplicates of them.
(CBS) Will pet cloning one day be common? Jim Axelrod reports.
CC, short for Carbon Copy, is the world’s first cloned cat, born last December.
“She’s perfectly healthy. She’s a playful, normal happy little kitten,” says Lou Hawthorne, CEO of Genetic Savings and Clone, the California company that spent millions of dollars to produce the clone.
It took 87 tries to produce CC – so there’s a lot more research to be done. But Hawthorne is convinced that once the kinks are out, the practice will be widespread.
He may be right: Thousands of people across the country, like Debbie Thieme of McKeesport, Pennsylvania are already lining up for the chance to someday replicate their pets – both cats and dogs. Debbie hopes to clone not just one beloved dog – but an entire pack.
Debbie, an intensive care nurse, has decided to preserve skin samples from all four of her dogs, and store them for the day when science will allow her to produce exact genetic duplicates of them.
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