Dolly the cloned sheep dies at age 6

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Dolly the cloned sheep dies at age 6

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http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/14/1 ... ml?tid=134

Well that was expected.

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They killed it cause it got lung cancer, not from any clone-related issue.
Why was it expected?
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She was rapidly aging, getting diseases reserved for sheep more than twice her age.
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Seggybop wrote:They killed it cause it got lung cancer, not from any clone-related issue.
Why was it expected?
The cancer came from runaway cell replication - a possible side-effect of her being cloned IIRC.
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Rob Wilson wrote:
Seggybop wrote:They killed it cause it got lung cancer, not from any clone-related issue.
Why was it expected?
The cancer came from runaway cell replication - a possible side-effect of her being cloned IIRC.
My mistake, it was a lung infection, and it's the arthritis that was possibly caused by runaway cell replication and aging. :oops:

But to add to this, Matilda the Australian Cloned sheep died from unknown causes only a week ago. Unlucky month for clones :twisted:
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There are rumors that cloned animals live shorter due to shortened telomeres, which is extra DNA at the end of a strand. Some gets lost with each replication. When it runs out, the information at the end of the strand gets lost, leading to errors, causing stuff like cancer.

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Rob Wilson wrote:
Rob Wilson wrote:
Seggybop wrote:They killed it cause it got lung cancer, not from any clone-related issue.
Why was it expected?
The cancer came from runaway cell replication - a possible side-effect of her being cloned IIRC.
My mistake, it was a lung infection, and it's the arthritis that was possibly caused by runaway cell replication and aging. :oops:

But to add to this, Matilda the Australian Cloned sheep died from unknown causes only a week ago. Unlucky month for clones :twisted:
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Don't worry, we can just clone another. :D
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