Cloned Cattle Can Be Healthy and Normal

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 294; no. 5548; pp. 1893 - 1894
• Main Authors: Lanza, Robert P., Cibelli, Jose B., Faber, David, Sweeney, Raymond W., Henderson, Boyd, Nevala, Wendy, West, Michael D., Wettstein, Peter J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for the Advancement of Science 30-11-2001; American Association for the Advancement of Science; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Aging - physiology; Animal productions; Animals; Animals, Newborn - physiology; Antibodies; Artificial insemination; B lymphocytes; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology - methods; Blood; Body Weight; Brevia; Cattle; Cattle - blood; Cattle - growth & development; Cattle - immunology; Cattle - physiology; Cattle Diseases - physiopathology; Cloning; Cloning, Organism - methods; Experiments; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic Disorders; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Health; Health aspects; Hypertension, Pulmonary - physiopathology; Insemination, Artificial; Interpersonal Relationship; Leukocytes; Medical Evaluation; Nutrition; Obesity; Organic Chemistry; Physical Examinations; Population genetics, reproduction patterns; Reproduction; Seas; Summer; T lymphocytes; T-Lymphocytes - immunology; Terrestrial animal productions; Vertebrata; Vertebrates; Veterinary Medicine; Whales; Animal cloning; Ethics; Evaluation; Reproduction; Livestock; Clone
• ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.1063440

The possibility of cloning humans has raised questions as to whether nuclear transfer can be used to reproducibly generate healthy adult animals. Lanza et al evaluated a series of 24 sexually mature cattle, cloned from nonquiescent somatic cells.