Sinogene Biotechnology is a Chinese biotechnology company, focusing on

animal cloning Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical genomes, either by natural or artificial means. In nature, some organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction; this reproduction of an organism by itself without ...

technology. In 2022, Sinogene was the first to clone a wild

Arctic wolf The Arctic wolf (''Canis lupus arctos''), also known as the white wolf, polar wolf, and the Arctic grey wolf, is a Subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of grey wolf native to the High Arctic tundra of Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands, from Me ...

History

Sinogene Biotechnology began offering dog cloning services in 2017 and later introduced cat cloning in 2019. In 2022, Sinogene became the first company to successfully clone an

, and started horse cloning in 2023. The donor cell came from a wild female Arctic wolf, the

oocyte An oocyte (, oöcyte, or ovocyte) is a female gametocyte or germ cell involved in reproduction. In other words, it is an immature ovum, or egg cell. An oocyte is produced in a female fetus in the ovary during female gametogenesis. The female ger ...

was from a female dog, and the surrogate was a

beagle The Beagle is a small breed of scent hound, similar in appearance to the much larger foxhound. The beagle was developed primarily for hunting rabbit or hare, known as beagling. Possessing a great sense of smell and superior tracking inst ...

. The company transferred 85

embryo An embryo ( ) is the initial stage of development for a multicellular organism. In organisms that reproduce sexually, embryonic development is the part of the life cycle that begins just after fertilization of the female egg cell by the male sp ...

s into seven beagles and one Arctic wolf was born. In June of the same year, Sinogene cloned a male horse using skin cells from a horse born in 1995. Sinogene partnered with Beijing Wildlife Park in 2022 to work together on improving breeding for endangered animals as well as improving ways to protect endangered animals. Sinogene clients can harvest cells from their living pets, to one day use in the cloning process after their pet dies. Customers receive their cloned animals three months after they are born.

References

External links

Official website
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