the great unwashed cope with the exit of their deary in very different ways . Some carry on as normal , some may cuddle their pet ’s favorite chew plaything while sobbing over Marley & Me , some at once cannonball along out and buy a replacement ; there ’s no right or incorrect way to deal with it . But it turns out that some people are unforced to go to rather extreme measures to mend their broken hearts : clone their frank .
Since 2006 , a controversial biotech lab in South Korea called Sooam has been offering cloning services for the meagre sum of$100,000(£64,000 ) ; I guess some would say their companions are invaluable . The companionship was founded by educate veterinarian and scientific investigator Woo Suk Hwang who has a rather shady history .
Hwang was publically disgraced and expelled from his academic insane asylum for fabricating research on human embryo cloning and still face criminal charges . But this has n’t seemed to put the great unwashed off as business is booming ; since it was established , more than400 dogshave been cloned , and the business firm commonly has around 15 clients per month . The company has also brought its service to the US and plans to extend cloning to UK clients soon .
The cloning technique Sooam scientists use is the same50 class oldmethod that brought us Dolly the sheep back in 1996 — atomic transport . First , cells are deal from the pet to be cloned and the core , the cellular mastery sum that contains the organism ’s genetic information , is removed and salve . Next , an egg prison cell from a donor pet is obtained and the core group is substitute with that of the favorite to be cloned . The ballock cell is then given a small electrical shock to stimulate partition , and after a few twenty-four hour period the evolve fertilized egg is placed back inside a surrogate female parent . Thesurrogatedoesn’t have to be of the same stock , but ideally they would be of similar size .
Of naturally , clients do n’t get their old dog back , but more of anidentical twin . Some dogs may also seem slightly dissimilar ; dalmations , for example , may have different spots . The clones may also not have the same personality or temperament as the original detent . And the procedure is not without endangerment ; many dogs are born insalubrious , so they have to ingeminate the process until a healthy dog is produced , although Sooam claim it never invest a click down .
An ambitious company , Sooam has no intention of stopping at dog and is dreaming big . of late , they signed a deal with Russian scientist to attempt to clone a woolly mammoth , despite the honorable issues surround this .
[ ViaBusiness InsiderandThe Guardian ]
