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May 22, 2008

Puppy clones? Going once, going twice ...

MSNBC.com: Health - Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 12:45pm EDT

In this image provided by BioArts International, BioArts International chief executive Lou Hawthorne poses with dogs cloned from his family pet on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Mill Valley, Calif. BioArts is offering to clone the dogs of the five highest bidders in an online auction next month. Opening bids start at $100,000. The cloning project is in partnership with a South Korean research team that includes Hwang Woo-Suk, who scandalized the international scientific community in 2005 when his breakthrough human cloning research was found to have been faked. A Northern California biotech company announced Wednesday that it will clone dogs for the five highest bidders in a series of online auctions. Some ethicists condemned the offer, fearing it could lead to human clones.


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