Saturday, December 02, 2006

Biotechnology: Vietnam claims to have cloned pigs and monkeys

According to state media the Vietnam Biotechnology Institute, says they have successfully cloned small pigs and monkeys.

Researchers, with foreign scientists' technical assistance, had cloned a small wild pig species as well as long-tailed macaques and rhesus monkeys, said the Vietnam News Agency.

However, most of the cloned animals had survived no longer than 60 days, said the report.