00.01.05 - Skin cells bring cloning a step nearer to efficiency.
Skin cells bring cloning a step nearer to efficiency.
Researchers at the University of Connecticut produced four calves by cloning skin cells from the ear of a bull. Their technique showed that a less difficult cloning process is possible. They were successful even though they used skin rather than reproductive cells and stored the cells in the laboratory for a long period of time. Wade N. Skin cells bring cloning a step nearer to efficiency. Kubota C, Yamakuchi H, Todoroki J, Mizoshita K, Tabara N, Barber M, Yang X. Six cloned calves produced from adult fibroblast cells after long-term culture.