X-Message-Number: 14643 References: <> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 09:36:14 +0100 From: "Joseph Kehoe" <> Subject: cloning news Scientists have, for the first time, cloned an endangered species by using the eggs and the womb of another animal - a cow. The BBC has learned that an Asian gaur - a humpbacked, ox-like animal native to India and Burma - was cloned from a single skin cell taken from a dead gaur. Scientists fused the cell to a cows' egg, whose own genes had been removed, then transferred it to the womb of another cow. The baby gaur, already named Noah, is due to be born next month. http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_962000/962159.stm They also intend bring back extinct species (within the next year according to BBC Radio 4)! Experts have given their approval for cloning techniques to be used to prevent often lethal genetic diseases carried by the mother. A variety of rare but devastating defects are caused by problems with genetic information contained in the mother's egg, but outside the nucleus, in which most of the genes are kept. http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/health/newsid_882000/882719.stm Other news of interest: China intends to explore the moon (ABC news) Large planets (4XJupiter) found wandering in space with no attached sun!?! Joseph. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14643