Clone a Mammoth? Genetics Could Aid Species, But Not in a Sci-Fi Way. Scientists say we're on track to lose species at a rapid pace — so can genetic engineering help save them?

The most basic definition of cloning is the creation of an exact genetic copy of an organism, tissue, cell or gene, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.The how and why of cloning ...

Cancer does not develop overnight. It can take decades for cancer‐promoting changes in the genome to eventually lead to the ...

But whether or not they realize it, many thousands of clones have already been produced as the cloning process has become ...

The process of cloning introduces the genetic mutations, and there seems no immediate way around the problem, reported Rudolf Jaenisch and colleagues at MIT.

More than genes can affect a clone. Genetics is only part of the story. Even while clones are genetically identical, their phenotypes – the characteristics they express – will be different.

Next Avenue ‘Genetics ain’t everything’: You can clone your dog or cat, but should you? It runs about $50,000 for a dog, with a 20% success rate, and there are numerous ethical considerations ...

To clone an animal, ViaGen needs oocytes, or unfertilized eggs, to implant the genetic material into. It often gets them by collecting ovaries from spay surgeries performed by sponsoring free spay ...