A COW has been cloned using cells taken from a side of beef, 48 hours after slaughter. This might mean ranchers could select their breeding stock after they’ve seen the quality of meat it will produce—though the clones themselves would not be eaten.
The calf was born on 22 April, say scientists at the University of Georgia and agricultural biotechnology company ProLinia, based in Athens, Georgia. The team was headed by Steven Stice, a Georgia University researcher who was among the first to produce cloned cows.
The calf was cloned from a kidney cell taken from a side of…
