The First Successful Cloning of a Gaur (2000), by Advanced Cell Technology
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Advanced Cell Technology [4] (ACT), a stem cell biotechnology company in Worcester, Massachusetts, showed the potential for cloning [5] to contribute to conservation efforts. In 2000 ACT researchers in the United States cloned a gaur (Bos gaurus [6]), an Asian ox with a then declining wild population. The researchers used cryopreserved gaur skin cells combined with an embryo of a domestic cow [7] (Bos taurus [8]). A domestic cow [7] also served as the surrogate [9] for the developing gaur clone. The successful procedure opened the opportunity to clone individuals from species for which there are few or zero live specimens. The official release of this experiment's data was published in the paper "Cloning of an Endangered Species (Bos gaurus) Using Interspecies Nuclear Transfer," in October 2000. In the article, the researchers presented data collected from several cloned fetuses that were aborted before the full term of 283 days. At the time of publication, the gaur bull fetus [10], named Noah at birth, had developed for greater than 180 days. Noah was born on 8 January 2001, but died two days later due to dysentery. The development, birth, and death of Noah became a platform for conservationists and ethicists to critique the role of cloning [5] in society and as a method to conserve species.
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