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Iranian cloned sheep in good health Iran and Middle East's first cloned sheep "Royana" is at good health conditions on 70th day of its birth, it was announced on Monday. Born on October 1st, 2006, using cloning technology on fundamental cells, the Iranian cloned sheep weighs 40 kilograms and its physical and physiological conditions are quite satisfactory, according to it biologist care takers. Successful birth of Royana thanks to tireless efforts of Rouyan Biological Research Center (RBRC) was a great scientific achievement for Iran, as the first country in the Middle East to achieve the cloning technology. Research work in cloning field was launched in the year 2004 in Tehran and Isfahan simultaneously, focusing on cloning of sheep. Finding the appropriate zygote and then the ovule into which the deal zygote was to be implanted was the first phases of the advanced biological project. It was agreed finally to take advantage of the cells gained from the fibro-blast tissues of a sheep's earlobes for the purpose. The study was pursued using the outside-womb-impregnation (IVF) technology in two phases of the sheep's cloning. As a result of the IVF impregnation, that was tried for the first time in Iran, the first cloned sheep was born on October 1st 2006 in a caesarean operation in Isfahan. The technique had never before been used in traditional artificial impregnation, that is used in animal husbandry. The resulted embryos, inclusive of two to three sheep, were then transferred to the host sheep's womb, and the final result was the birth of a twin pair of sheep, one of whom died soon after birth. In cloning phase of this study 230 cloned embryos were implanted in the womb of 77 host sheep, a twin was born alive as the result, each weighing around three kilograms. The first of those twins died five minutes after birth due to problems it had suffered during its host's pregnancy, and the second, "Royana" is at good health at 70th day of its historic life now. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
