Scientists clone mice from single drop of blood

The big news isn't that Japanese researchers have been able to clone mice using a drop of blood drawn from the mouse's tail. Or even that the cloned mice live long and normal lives, and are able to give birth without problems. Cloning technology has come a long way since Dolly the Sheep. You can even get your pet cloned, if you have enough money.

No, if you ask me, the big news is that the entire point of their research is to create methods for cloning "high-quality animals for farming or conservation purposes."

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