In the best traditions of science fiction, South Korea is creating a population of working animal clones. Six puppies – all genetic clones of a Labrador retriever skilled at sniffing out contraband drugs – are now in service at the Incheon International Airport and other...
The first cloned camel in the world has been 'born' in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates; their own version of Dolly the sheep. The camel, named Injaz, is a one-humped female, 'born' on April 8 and is the product of five years of work by the Camel Reproduction Centre and...
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Well, this is just disturbing. The United States Food and Drug administration just announced that farmers have been using cloned cows to mate and produce beef. Which we're eating. The farmers are producing...
These stories are becoming more and more common and the new chip and pin technology just doesn't seem to stop this ID theft type fraud taking place. This trend isn't helped by the fact that more and more retailers...
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If you have not seen the current Doctor Who series and you don't want to know the ending don't read the second section of this posting ... you have been warned.Doctor Who is a British science fiction television...
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Cloning: good thing or bad thing? Read on." Poor old Trakr. Once hailed as a hero, the retired Halifax police dog can no longer use the hind legs that pushed him through the ruins of the World Trade Center as he sniffed for survivors. His hearing has faded and, at 15, his dog...
Thursday June 19 2008 A controversial South Korean scientist has claimed to have created 17 clones of an endangered dog breed. for original story click here
Marine is a black lab that can sniff out human cancer cells. Touted as being the top cancer-sniffing dog, Marine is scheduled to be cloned in South Korea at a Seoul-based biotech company where the first dog was cloned in 2005. "Cloned fetuses from the black labrador retriever...
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While the FDA might say the meat and milk is safe not everyone is so sure.
Several major meat processors are holding off on the technology.
Smithfield Foods, said it isn't so sure the technology is quite there yet, reiterating its position that the company isn't...
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It's a jungle out there (tip of the hat to Upton Sinclair). The USDA and the FDA are squaring off over food and milk products from cloned animals. "When writing about bureaucracy, the adverb "soon" usually means "lumbering along in a period of several months to a year."...
"A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, a Chinese...
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Would you take one of these home?"South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays.The country's Science and Technology Ministry said it is an achievement that could help...
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This is great news. Although it could be a while before they are able to put this to real life use, it is a remarkable breakthrough in science.This quote from the article defines this find in a nutshell."It's a bit like learning how to turn lead into gold," said Dr. Robert...
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"ID fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated and are starting to use other avenues to steal from consumers. There has been an increasing amount of mobile phone fraud, current account hijacking, and car leasing and cloned car number plate fraud throughout Britain."