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Genetics History: The Top Ten Moments
They give us everything, and without them we'd be nothing. Understanding how our genes work is giving us unprecedented powers to shape our own destinies. Our knowledge is increasing rapidly all the time. Human genetics, plant genetics and more, follow our history of genetics timeline.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on Nov 11, 2009 to
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Big Moments in Cloning History
Cloning has been one of the biggest biological stories of the last 100 years. There haven't been any human clones yet, although human embryos have been cloned. But cows, dogs, cats, pigs, sheep have all had clones created. The technology has a long history. These are some of the landmark moments.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on Oct 3, 2009 to
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Prometea: The World's First Cloned Horse
Unveiled in Italy in 2003, Prometea was the world's first cloned horse. The female foal was the only one to survive to birth out of 841 embryos that were created.

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Animal Cloning: Meet Snuppy,The World's First Cloned Dog
Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog was created by South Korean scientists in 2005. In May 2008 the Afghan hound became a father after a canine breeding programme that involved only cloned canines.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on Sep 10, 2009 to
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Clones from Frozen Mice
In another milestone for cloning technology, Japanese researchers have managed to clone mice using cells that had been frozen 16 years ago. It could pave the way for extinct species to be brought back to life.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on Sep 3, 2009 to
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The Top Ten Most Important Scientists in Genetics
You may agree, or disagree with my selection of famous scientists; personal lists are always arbitrary affairs, but here goes with my list of candidates for the top ten most import scientists in genetics.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on May 31, 2009 to
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Scientific Research Labs: The Roslin Institute
The Roslin Institute is a Scottish research lab working primarily on animal sciences and veterinary technology. The most famous experiment it conducted was the cloning of Dolly the Sheep. Roslin continues to explore the parameters of genetic research in a variety of ways.

Published by Jason C. Chavis (4,377 pts ) on May 27, 2009 to
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Famous Scientists in Genetics: Ian Wilmut
Ian Wilmut used his early interest in agriculture to launch a career that included producing the world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep.

Published by JCRedmond (589 pts ) on May 21, 2009 to
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Human Clones and Dr Severino Antinori
The Italian doctor Severino Antinori is a widely respected fertility expert. However, controversy has surrounded much of his career and if some newspaper reports are to be believed he has already helped to create cloned humans.

Published by MandaSpring (13,782 pts ) on Jan 11, 2009 to
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Is it Possible to Clone Humans?
Ever since Dolly the sheep was a cloning success, society has wondered that looming thought…”Are humans next?” Take a look into this topic and find out how close it is to reality.

Published by MandaSpring (13,782 pts ) on Jan 10, 2009 to
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