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STUDY: CLONING MAY CAUSE PREMATURE AGING

Thursday May 27, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips STUDY: CLONING MAY CAUSE PREMATURE AGING EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 27 (LSN) – Researchers from the Roslin Institute and PPL Therapeutics in Scotland have published a study in today’s issue of the journal Nature saying cloned animals may be subject to premature aging. They found that a protective cap on chromosomes which deteriorate with age are shorter in cloned animals. The telomeres in cloned animals were found to correspond not to the age of the animal produced by cloning but to the age of the animal cloned. Thus, says the […]

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STUDY: CLONING MAY CAUSE PREMATURE AGING

EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 27 (LSN) – Researchers from the Roslin Institute and PPL Therapeutics in Scotland have published a study in today’s issue of the journal Nature saying cloned animals may be subject to premature aging. They found that a protective cap on chromosomes which deteriorate with age are shorter in cloned animals.

The telomeres in cloned animals were found to correspond not to the age of the animal produced by cloning but to the age of the animal cloned. Thus, says the article, “it wouldn’t be wise if you wanted to clone yourself at age 50. … there might be problems later on because when the clone is 50, it might have the skin of a 100-year-old.”

For more see the Globe and Mail at:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gam/National/19990527/UDOLLN….

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