Contact: Keith Randall, (979) 845-4644, kr@univrel.tamu.edu
Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu
Who: Texas A&M University cloning experts Mark Westhusin and Jonathan Hill
What: A major announcement regarding a breakthrough in cloning technology
When: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 2
Where: First floor of the Large Animal Hospital in the College of Veterinary Medicine, located on Raymond Stotzer Parkway, College Station, Texas
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine researchers Mark Westhusin and Jonathan Hill will announce a major scientific breakthrough regarding cattle cloning that could dramatically impact the multi-billion dollar cattle industry in Texas. Their findings could also relate to other animals as well, and it could have significant meaning for future cloning technologies performed throughout the world.
As part of their work, they will show publicly for the first time a 3-week-old calf that is a direct result of their research. They will discuss their research and what it could mean to the cattle industry and what effects it might have on cloning technology and the future implications of such work.
Their research on cattle cloning has significant implications for the Missyplicity Project, a $2.3-million effort to clone Missy, a mixed-breed border collie, which is the first-ever attempt to clone a dog.
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