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1997 - Scientists grow monkeys from cloned embryos
cnn.com ^ | March 2, 1997

Posted on 03/24/2005 5:24:12 AM PST by Calpernia

1997

PORTLAND, Oregon (CNN) -- Scientists have produced sibling rhesus monkeys from cloned embryos in the technology's closest application yet to a species related to humans.

The monkeys were developed using cells from different embryos, so they are not genetically identical, said Don Wolf, senior scientist at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: cloning; embryo; embryos; genome; humangenome; monkeys; nucleartransfer
Video of the Cloned Monkeys

I saw all the data on monkeys in the human genome open database; but I had no idea it was already successfully done.

This article was just re-relist in Google news alerts this month.

1 posted on 03/24/2005 5:24:15 AM PST by Calpernia
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To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...

NW_AZ, this is from the email you sent.

I didn't realize cloning monkeys was successful years ago.


2 posted on 03/24/2005 5:25:19 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

Isn't this about the time that Dolly was cloned?

Next, you will read about the people being cloned, if they
are doing monkeys, then people will work.


3 posted on 03/24/2005 6:12:36 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny (The enemy within, will be found in the "Communist Manifesto 1963", you are living it today.)
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To: PatrickHenry

Monkey's Uncle Cloning Ping.


4 posted on 03/24/2005 12:35:55 PM PST by balrog666 (A myth by any other name is still inane.)
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To: balrog666

Interesting. But is this an evolution thread?


5 posted on 03/24/2005 12:41:21 PM PST by PatrickHenry (<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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