A litter of five cloned piglets was born on Christmas Day in Virginia, US. Named Noel, Angel, Star, Joy and Mary, the piglets had also been genetically altered so as to make their organs more compatible for transplant into humans. PPL Therapeutics, the commercial arm of the Roslin Institute which...
The safety of cloning has again been called into question after the creators of Dolly the sheep announced this week that she has developed arthritis at just five years old. Professor Ian Wilmut, from the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, reported that Dolly has arthritis in her left hind leg. Although...
The Public Health Minister, Yvette Cooper, has published a consultation paper on the issue of what information should be able to be provided to people born as a result of gamete or embryo donation. Figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority show that since 1991 nearly 18,000 babies have...
Independent teams of scientists have located a gene that is responsible for the development of fat cells. They have also found a way to block the action of the gene, leading to hopes that new drugs for use in the treatment of obesity may be developed. The researchers, from Harvard...
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The most famous sheep in the world
by Juliet Tizzard
We all know that Dolly is the most famous sheep in the world. She is also the only cloned animal that most of us would be able to name. So it comes as no surprise that it is her health, rather than that of any other sheep or any other...