Japanese Clone Mouse From a Single Drop of Blood

<script src="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=853&height=480&playList=517837423" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/mouse-cloned-mere-drop-blood" target="blank">Popsci</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span><b>cientists at the Riken BioResource Center in Japan have managed to clone a mouse from a minuscule, peripheral blood sample for the first time. The method leaves donor animals virtually unharmed, and allows a single donor to be a clone source more than once. It also shows promise for the cloning of farm animals.</b><br /><br />In this experiment, the scientists merely drew 10–15 μl of blood from a mouse’s tail and collected white blood cells from that sample. The nuclei were then extracted from the white blood cells, and scientists continued with the somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) process. <br /><br />This method could allow for the cloning of endangered or cherished animals (such as a cow that produces a large amount of milk, or “invaluable strains of mice” as the report states) since the donor need not be euthanized.</div>

Japanese Clone Mouse From a Single Drop of Blood

Popsci S cientists at the Riken BioResource Center in Japan have managed to clone a mouse from a minuscule, peripheral blood sample for the ...

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