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imported_Fluffy_Bunny · **Cloned horse -** 08-06-2003, 06:19 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3129441.stm

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Italian scientists have succeeded in creating the world's first horse clone.

The foal, called Prometea, was born 10 weeks ago and appears to be perfectly healthy.

To create Prometea, scientists took a skin cell from an adult mare which was fused with an empty equine egg.

The mare then acted as a surrogate mother for Prometea - so giving birth to a carbon copy of herself.

The development is reported in the journal Nature. It means that scientists have now cloned sheep, mice, cattle, goats, rabbits, cats, pigs and mules. The mule, called Idaho Gem, was born earlier this year in the US.

How soon till humans? ed:

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imported_Fluffy_Bunny is Offline Senior Member Posts: 3,564 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Reading 'Country Life' magazine in a crack wh0res brothel in Soho, London	Cloned horse - 08-06-2003, 06:19 PM http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3129441.stm [img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39370000/jpg/_39370275_prom_bbc_b203.jpg[/img] Italian scientists have succeeded in creating the world's first horse clone. The foal, called Prometea, was born 10 weeks ago and appears to be perfectly healthy. To create Prometea, scientists took a skin cell from an adult mare which was fused with an empty equine egg. The mare then acted as a surrogate mother for Prometea - so giving birth to a carbon copy of herself. The development is reported in the journal Nature. It means that scientists have now cloned sheep, mice, cattle, goats, rabbits, cats, pigs and mules. The mule, called Idaho Gem, was born earlier this year in the US. How soon till humans? ed: