Scientists clone the first U.S. endangered species - NBC News
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For now, the technique holds promise for helping endangered species including a Mongolian wild horse that was cloned and last summer born at a Texas facility.“Biotechnology and genomic data can really make a difference on the ground with conservation efforts,” said Ben Novak, lead scientist with Revive & Restore, a biotechnology-focused conservation nonprofit that coordinated the ferret and horse clonings.Black-footed ferrets are a type of weasel easily recognized by dark eye markings resembling a robber’s mask. Texas-based Viagen, a company that clones pet cats for $35,000 and dogs for $50,000, cloned a Przewalski’s horse, a wild horse species from Mongolia born last summer.Similar to the black-footed ferret, the 2,000 or so surviving Przewalski’s horses are descendants of just a dozen animals.Viagen also cloned Willa through coordination by Revive & Restore, a wildlife conservation organization focused on biotechnology.
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