World's first cloned horse born to its genetic twin

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I still oppose cloning but I thought this might be an interesting story.

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Italian scientists said Wednesday they had created the world's first cloned horse from an adult cell taken from the horse who gave birth to her.

Prometea, a healthy female, weighed in at 80 lbs when she was born during a natural delivery May 28, 2003 in Italy after a normal, full-term pregnancy.

Although sheep, mice, cats, cattle, goats and pigs have already been cloned, Prometea is the first animal known to be carried and born by the mother from which she was cloned.

"This is the first horse that has been cloned from an adult cell. She has been carrying herself, so the newborn is the twin of the mother that carried the pregnancy," said Dr Cesare Galli, of the Laboratory of Reproductive Technology, a nonprofit research organization in Cremona, Italy.

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