The World's First Commercially Cloned Dogs Sent Home

RNL Bio announced that the clones of Booger, the world's first commercially cloned dog, was sent back home by the owner. She didn't want to ship her puppies in the kennels at the air carrier's cargo area and had to make multiple visits to Seoul, Korea last month. AS soon as she arrived in the US, she ordered UC Davis for the DNA identificiation tests to confirm the genuineness of the clones. Though RNL Bio provided the DNA test result that was done by the Forensic Medicine department of Seoul National University, she wanted to check that again with the university lab in the US. She said "I already knew it because the intelligence was exactly replicated and they have the same body shape. Now I enjoy my pleasant moments with mini-Boogers."

Actually Bernann was a lucky woman. In 2006, she managed to contact a US-based biotech company for the tissue preservation before she lost her beloved Booger due to prostate cancer and pneumonia at his age of nine. If she was not aware that such preservation was available ro she failed to get a biopsy before his death, she was to never get theh second chance. At that time, the US company didn't offer any dog-cloning service and besides it was dissolved in late 2006. She searched everywhere to find a dog cloning company and finally contacted RNL Bio last February. She prayed over and over again for the miracle. The cloning team led by Prof. Byeongchun Lee, known as the father of SNUppy, the world's first cloned dog, from Seoul National University, accomplished the successful cloning of Boogers. Five clones were born on July 28, 2008. RNL Bio had a press conference to announce the world's first commercial dog cloning.

Dr. Jeong ChanRa, CEO of RNL Bio said "We have received hundreds of inquiries from pet owners whoare interested in dog cloning. Surprisingly, over 50% of them asked us about cloning their passed dogs. You could contact us before your dog died if you would reserve a chance to clone your dog in the future." RNL Bio offers stem cell banking services as insurance for pet owners or family's attached and beloved dogs. Dog cloning cannot revive the dead dog, but you can get the clone that has same genetic material — almost like identical twins. Motivated pet owners have only to send biopsy samples from their dogs before the dogs pass away. What if your dog just got in an accident? Within a few hours after death, some stem cells possibly remain alive — and RNL Bio may be able to isolate live stem cells from them and preserve them for later use. RNL's stem cell preservation service for dogs could be a great present, not only for the family who hopes to get the genetic dopy of their dog in the future, but also for dogs themselves, because the preserved stem cells can be used for future stem cell thereapy for the dogs.

SOURCE: RNL Bio