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World's first cloned twin calves

Workers at the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Center feed the world's first cloned twin calves, shown to the press for the first time. The calves, born July 5, are the first twins ever cloned from somatic cells taken from an adult cow. The twins, named ''Noto'' (back) and ''Kaga,'' each drink 2 liters of milk a day, indicating they are quite healthy, center officials said.

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Calf cloned from adult somatic

A calf produced by cloning somatic cells taken from an adult cow with unfertilized eggs in Ishikawa Prefecture dies Aug. 1, four days after its birth. The calf was born in the world's second case using the technology at the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center, following the birth of twin calves with the same technique at the center July 5. The calf's death follows a series of deaths of cloned calves.

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Cloned twin calves

Two baby cloned calves look unconcerned before the camera at Ishikawa Prefectural Animal Husbandry Center in Oshimizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. The pair, born July 5, are the world's first twin calves cloned from somatic cells taken from a cow fetus. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries figures, Japanese researchers have successfully impregnated about 30 cows through cloning technique.

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Cloned calves through DNA tests

A university group and a quasi-governmental research center say July 17 they confirmed through DNA tests that twin calves born earlier in July were produced by cloning somatic cells taken from an adult cow. The photo shows Yukio Tsunoda, a Kinki University professor (C), and researchers attending a news conference to confirm the cloning at the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Calves cloned from adult somatic cells

Twin calves produced by cloning somatic cells taken from an adult cow with unfertilized eggs are born July 5 in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, becoming the world's first calves cloned with this technique, according to the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center and a Kinki University animal husbandry research group.

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Calf born using sperm of cloned bull

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 4 by the Cattle Breeding Institute in Osumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows a calf born from a surrogate mother impregnated through artificial insemination with the sperm of a bull cloned from somatic cells. Researchers at the institute said the birth, a first for Japan and probably the world, proves that cloned bulls are capable of breeding and is a step toward using cloning technology in stock breeding.

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Cloned, genetically altered goat to be born in Aug.

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo released by the National Institute of Animal Industry on July 12 shows a surrogate mother goat that is expected to give birth to Japan's first genetically altered kid goat cloned from somatic cells in early August.

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World's first cloned twin calves

Workers at the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Center feed the world's first cloned twin calves, shown to the press for the first time. The calves, born July 5, are the first twins ever cloned from somatic cells taken from an adult cow. The twins, named ''Noto'' (back) and ''Kaga,'' each drink 2 liters of milk a day, indicating they are quite healthy, center officials said.

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Calf cloned from adult somatic

A calf produced by cloning somatic cells taken from an adult cow with unfertilized eggs in Ishikawa Prefecture dies Aug. 1, four days after its birth. The calf was born in the world's second case using the technology at the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center, following the birth of twin calves with the same technique at the center July 5. The calf's death follows a series of deaths of cloned calves. ==Kyodo

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Cloned twin calves

Two baby cloned calves look unconcerned before the camera at Ishikawa Prefectural Animal Husbandry Center in Oshimizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. The pair, born July 5, are the world's first twin calves cloned from somatic cells taken from a cow fetus. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries figures, Japanese researchers have successfully impregnated about 30 cows through cloning technique. ==Kyodo

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Cloned calves through DNA tests

A university group and a quasi-governmental research center say July 17 they confirmed through DNA tests that twin calves born earlier in July were produced by cloning somatic cells taken from an adult cow. The photo shows Yukio Tsunoda, a Kinki University professor (C), and researchers attending a news conference to confirm the cloning at the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. ==Kyodo

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Calves cloned from adult somatic

Twin calves produced by cloning somatic cells taken from an adult cow with unfertilized eggs are born July 5 in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, becoming the world's first calves cloned with this technique, according to the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center and a Kinki University animal husbandry research group. ==Kyodo