The woolly marvel A sheep, Dolly, was the first to be cloned 15 years ago. Since then, Snappy (dog), CC (cat) and Garima and Samrupra (buffaloes) have been cloned in South Korea, US and India. Cloning technology now can pre-determine the gender
Handmade procedure followed in Kashmir said to be cheaper, simpler and less time-consuming

It took two years to clone Noorie, but the next cloned Pashmina goat will take birth just six months later.

After hectic research over three years, six scientists and three researchers at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST) have managed to clone a Pashmina goat — the first in the world. The goat has been named Noori (light) and the scientists say the animal is in good health and has gained more than 500 grams since her birth on March 9. “This is a great scientific achievement in the field of veterinary sciences.

LUCKNOW: The cultivation of embryonic stem-like cells made up from the tissue of an adult leopard, by Rajneesh Verma, has come as a ray of hope for scientists working to save the snow leopard. Rajneesh, a native of Lucknow is presently working at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Rajneesh has pursued his studies from City Montessori School (till Class X) and Colvin Taluqdar's (Class 12). After this he went to Australia from where he completed his BSc in biotechnology from Monash University.

Pigs could become the new source of organs and cells for humans, treating a range of disorders. With shortage of organs and cells from dead people restricting transplantation, organs from genetically-modified pigs equipped with genes to protect them from the human immune response are set to power a medical revolution.

South Korean scientists said on Wednesday they have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique that could help find cures for human diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Yonhap news agency reported.

A research team from Seoul National University (SNU) said the genetically modified female beagle, named Tegon and born in 2009, has been found to glow fluorescent green under ultraviolet light if given a doxycycline antibiotic, the report said.

London: Dolly, the sheep, became a scientific sensation when her birth was announced in 1996.

Now, 14 years on, the scientist, who cloned Dolly, has claimed to have created four more sheep who are the exact genetic duplicates of Dolly, the world's first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell.
The quads, which have been nicknamed

Meat and milk obtained from cloned cattle and their offspring is safe to consume, say US experts.

The US Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes said it believed the food was unlikely to present any risk.

On may 15, 1985, trainers at Hawaii Sea Life Park were stunned when a 400-pound gray female bottlenose dolphin named Punahele gave birth to a dark-skinned calf that partly resembled the 2,000-pound male false killer whale with whom she shared a pool.

Swarleen Kaur

Chandigarh: Two more buffalo clones, assisted by Karnal-based National Dairy Research Institute