China clones rabbit for some reason...

*Raph's Girl* · 07-24-2007, 01:41 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070724/...na_rabbit_dc_1

China has produced the world's first cloned rabbit using a biological process that takes cells from a fetus, state media said on Tuesday.

The female rabbit, which weighed 60 grams at birth in February, was now growing normally at an animal centre in Shanghai, the China Daily said.

Scientists have cloned mice, cattle and other animals since the first cloned sheep, Dolly, was born in 1996. Malaysia is even trying to clone some of its threatened leatherback turtles to save them from extinction.

But it was only in 2002 that French scientists produced the world's first cloned rabbit using cells from an adult female rabbit, the paper said.

The Chinese rabbit was the world's first to be cloned using "fibroblast" cells from a fetal rabbit, the China Daily said.

"Chinese cloning research has reached a global advanced level," the newspaper quoted Wang Hongguang, director of the China Centre for Biotechnology Development, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, as saying.

"We can reproduce almost all the cloning results in top-class laboratories around the world. However, we are lacking in original creations such as the newly cloned rabbit."

It was not clear if the findings had been published in a scientific journal or independently verified.

Raph's Girl note: Um....what exactly is the point in cloning rabbits???

*KROW* · 07-24-2007, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Um....what exactly is the point in cloning rabbits???

Yeah, China's overpopulated enough...

I would say it's a culinary advantage but, China's not known for rabbit cuisine.

*Sewer Bull* · 07-24-2007, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Raph's Girl note: Um....what exactly is the point in cloning rabbits???

... have you actually read the whole article? It mentions cells taken from a rabbit fetus. That's some scientific progress, you know.

*gobo* · 07-24-2007, 07:23 AM

What was the idea cloning sheep?

*Buslady* · 07-24-2007, 07:49 AM

I dunno about cloning Leatherbacks though, doing so would make their genetic diversity really small out there in the wild and would they be able to breed as it is? Would they be sterile?

*gobo* · 07-24-2007, 10:34 AM

The best way to answer those questions is for them to try. What is there to lose?

07-24-2007, 01:41 AM	#1
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	China clones rabbit for some reason... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070724/...na_rabbit_dc_1 China has produced the world's first cloned rabbit using a biological process that takes cells from a fetus, state media said on Tuesday. The female rabbit, which weighed 60 grams at birth in February, was now growing normally at an animal centre in Shanghai, the China Daily said. Scientists have cloned mice, cattle and other animals since the first cloned sheep, Dolly, was born in 1996. Malaysia is even trying to clone some of its threatened leatherback turtles to save them from extinction. But it was only in 2002 that French scientists produced the world's first cloned rabbit using cells from an adult female rabbit, the paper said. The Chinese rabbit was the world's first to be cloned using "fibroblast" cells from a fetal rabbit, the China Daily said. "Chinese cloning research has reached a global advanced level," the newspaper quoted Wang Hongguang, director of the China Centre for Biotechnology Development, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, as saying. "We can reproduce almost all the cloning results in top-class laboratories around the world. However, we are lacking in original creations such as the newly cloned rabbit." It was not clear if the findings had been published in a scientific journal or independently verified. Raph's Girl note: Um....what exactly is the point in cloning rabbits??? __________________

07-24-2007, 07:23 AM	#4
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	What was the idea cloning sheep? __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

07-24-2007, 07:49 AM	#5
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	I dunno about cloning Leatherbacks though, doing so would make their genetic diversity really small out there in the wild and would they be able to breed as it is? Would they be sterile? __________________

07-24-2007, 10:34 AM	#6
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	The best way to answer those questions is for them to try. What is there to lose? __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.