September 27, 2003

Rats Latest Addition To Cloned List

Discovery Channel:

French researchers have cloned rats, a first for the species which is important in research on human diseases including diabetes and hypertension, Thursday's issue of the review Science said.

The rat had not been cloned earlier due to the fact that almost all oocytes — a cell from which an egg or ovum develops by meiosis — "spontaneously, though abortively, activate within 60 minutes of their removal from oviducts," the authors explained.


Posted by Bob King at September 27, 2003 9:21 AM
Related Categories: Area - Tech - Genetics | Industry - Pharmaceutical/Biotech | Quadrant - Technological | Theme - 'The Biotech Century'


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