Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year ...

Most of the scientists who gathered in Washington earlier this month to talk about human cloning agreed that cloning an entire human being–besides being morally questionable–was fraught with technical ...

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Colossal Biosciences —the company that famously de-extincted the dire wolf —has found a way to make it easier. Cloning previously involved surgically harvesting skin or tissue cells from the donor ...

He showed that specialized cells retain the genes to form an organism.

For many people, losing a beloved dog feels like losing a member of the family. The idea of cloning offers a tempting ...

We used genetic strategies which have been proven valuable to decipher signaling pathways in comparatively simple organisms such as Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans, to dissect signaling network ...

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