ViaGen Pets, based in Cedar Park, Texas, is a division of TransOva Genetics, that offers animal cloning services to pet owners. ViaGen Pets division was launched in 2016. ViaGen Pets offers cloning as well as DNA preservation services, sometimes called tissue or cell banking.

Technology and patents

ViaGen's subsidiary, Start Licensing, owns a cloning patent which is licensed to their only competitor as of 2018, who also offers animal cloning services. The cloning process used by both ViaGen and their competitor is somatic cell nuclear transfer, the same as which was used for cloning Dolly the Sheep.

History

ViaGen Pets began by offering cloning to the livestock and equine industry in 2003, and later included cloning of cats and dogs in 2016.

References

Cloning Companies based in Texas Companies based in Cedar Park, Texas American companies established in 2016 Biotechnology companies of the United States

External Links

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