Snuppy Was In Fact a Clone
Related News: Cloning NewsDespite being discredited, the fallen king of Korean stem cell research, Hwang Woo-suk, seemingly did in fact create the Afghan hound named Snuppy and is in fact, the world’s first cloned dog.
Experts at Seoul National University as well as researchers in the US carried out similar DNA experiments using blood samples from Snuppy, the cell donor dog and Snuppy's surrogate mother.
The results did in fact demostrate that he was cloned by researchers led by Hwang Woo-suk.
"These data are consistent with Snuppy being a genetic clone of the donor dog Tai," said Elaine Ostrander of the National Human Genome Research Institute, in Bethesda, Md.
The research studies are being published the latest issue Nature.
Posted on March 10, 2006 06:07 PM