Is dolly the only cloned animal?

Dolly - the one who started it all Dolly was the world's first mammal cloned from an adult cell. The sheep that made history lived to be six, when she was put down after developing a lung disease. Dolly is on display at Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland.

1. Is Dolly the sheep the only clone?
2. Was any animal cloned before Dolly?
3. What other animals have been cloned since Dolly?
4. What are 5 animals that have been cloned?
5. When was the first human cloned?
6. Has human cloning been done?
7. Who is Mira the goat?
8. Is human cloning legal?
9. Can extinct animals be cloned?
10. Should humans be cloned?
11. How much money does it take to clone a human?
12. Can you clone yourself?
13. Is Dolly the sheep still alive?
14. How long do cloned animals live?
15. Why do we not clone humans?

Is Dolly the sheep the only clone?

Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003) was a female Finnish Dorset sheep and the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. ... Contrary to popular belief, she was not the first animal to be cloned. Dolly lived at the Roslin Institute throughout her life and produced several lambs.

Was any animal cloned before Dolly?

However, Dolly was not the first ever cloned mammal. ... Two other sheep, Megan and Morag, had also been cloned from embryonic cells grown in the lab at The Roslin Institute in 1995 and six other sheep, cloned from embryonic and foetal cells, were born at Roslin at the same time as Dolly.

What other animals have been cloned since Dolly?

A few other species have been cloned since Dolly; from mice, rats and rabbits to dogs, cats, monkeys and wolves.

What are 5 animals that have been cloned?

Besides cattle and sheep, other mammals that have been cloned from somatic cells include: cat, deer, dog, horse, mule, ox, rabbit and rat. In addition, a rhesus monkey has been cloned by embryo splitting.

When was the first human cloned?

For a time late last year, it seemed possible that human cloning had been accomplished. On Dec. 27, 2002, Brigitte Boisselier held a press conference in Florida, announcing the birth of the first human clone, called Eve.

Has human cloning been done?

But human cloning never happened. The reason is clear in retrospect. In the basic cloning procedure, like that used to create Dolly the sheep in 1996, scientists take an entire adult cell and inject it into an egg that's been relieved of its own DNA. The resulting embryo is a clone.

Who is Mira the goat?

Mira, the Goat

Cloned in 1998, Mira and her sisters came from a US lab as predecessors for livestock engineered to contain pharmaceutical products beneficial for humans.

Is human cloning legal?

There is no federal law prohibiting human cloning; as of today, federal laws and regulations only address funding and other issues indirectly connected to cloning. At the state level, however, there are laws directly prohibiting or explicitly permitting different forms of cloning.

Can extinct animals be cloned?

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago. ... Cloning eventually could bring back extinct species such as the passenger pigeon.

Should humans be cloned?

Human beings should not be cloned for several reasons that are going to be further discussed in this op-ed: cloning is a risky, imperfect procedure, it does not create an exact copy of an individual, and it poses ethical concerns by using human beings as a means to an end, opening up possibilities for abuse and ...

How much money does it take to clone a human?

Zavos believes estimates the cost of human cloning to be at least $50,000, hopefully dropping in price to the vicinity of $20,000 to $10,000, which is the approximate cost of in vitro fertilization (Kirby 2001), although there are other estimates that range from $200,000 to $2 million (Alexander 2001).

Can you clone yourself?

So, it's currently theoretically possible to clone yourself, although no one has done it or tried it yet. This clone would grow up to look exactly like you, be your genetic brother or sister, and have the same genetic predispositions as you do. ... Cloning might not be that far off then.

Is Dolly the sheep still alive?

Sadly, in 2003 Dolly died prematurely at the age of 6.5 years after contracting ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a form of lung cancer common in sheep that is caused by the retrovirus JSRV.

How long do cloned animals live?

Still other studies of clones show that telomeres are age-appropriate in all of the tissues. Despite the length of telomeres reported in different studies, most clones appear to be aging normally. In fact, the first cattle clones ever produced are alive, healthy, and are 10 years old as of January 2008.

Why do we not clone humans?

The answer has way more to do with science than morality. Not only is cloning inefficient and dangerous, there's just not a good enough reason to make a human this way. But making entire copies of people isn't the only way we can potentially use cloning to benefit humans.