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Oct 31, 2022

World’s first cloned arctic wolf is now 100 days old

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, existential risks

Chinese researchers have created the world’s first cloned Arctic wolf — an achievement that could help save other species from extinction and ensure the biodiversity of our planet.

Why it matters: Scottish scientists proved back in 1996 that it was possible to clone a mammal using a cell from an adult animal. Possible — but not easy. Dolly the sheep was the only successful clone in their 277 attempts.

Cloning is still a challenging process — fewer than 25 animal species have been cloned to date, so the first successful cloning of a species is still newsworthy 25+ years after Dolly’s birth.

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  1. nicholas king says:

    “could help save other species from extinction and ensure the biodiversity of our planet” — NO, that is not how biodiversity works — its not a bunch of widgets in a warehouse, biodiversity is about how the components interact.…simply churning out a bunch of genetically identical individuals of charismatic species is NOT going to help the collapse of the natural world — and our civilisation along with it…

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