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Study shows cloning does not lead to premature ageing

Once cloned animals survive the first few years of life, they won't die any sooner than other animals

Published Wed, Jul 27, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    DOLLY the sheep started her life in a test tube in 1996 and died just six years later. When she was only a year old, there was evidence that she might have been physically older. At five, she was diagnosed with osteoarthritis. And at six, a CT scan revealed tumours growing in her lungs, likely the result of an incurable infectious disease. Rather than let Dolly suffer, the vets put her to rest.

    Poor Dolly never stood a chance. Or did she?

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