Morgan Bellcloned horse, and lab-grown organs
April 4th 2006 13:39
Cloning expert Katrin Hinrichs has successfully used a new technique that has just brought 5 of 13 cloned embryos of a prize-winning stallion to term. Typically, the cloning of cattle has a mere 6 percent chance of success - dismal compared to Hinrichs’ result. The secret to her success could lie in her use of roscovitine to inhibit gene expression, instead of starving cells of nutrients to achieve the same result, as in the standard cloning technique. While the births of the 5 successful clones are encouraging, the lost embryos remain a concern, as their deaths may have been caused by fetal abnormalities common to cloning.
The 2005 movie The Island showed human clones being harvested for organs sometime in the near future. Fortunately, with the recent development of bioengineered bladders, it appears human organs can be grown in the safety of a laboratory, from patients’ own cells. Researchers hope to use these findings to develop a variety of bioengineered organs, including hearts.
The 2005 movie The Island showed human clones being harvested for organs sometime in the near future. Fortunately, with the recent development of bioengineered bladders, it appears human organs can be grown in the safety of a laboratory, from patients’ own cells. Researchers hope to use these findings to develop a variety of bioengineered organs, including hearts.
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