Goats Cloned, Scientists Report
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Researchers said they succeeded in genetically engineering goats to produce a human protein used to affect blood clotting, then cloned the goats. The researchers from Framingham, Mass.-based Genzyme Transgenics Corp., Tufts University and Louisiana State University said three cloned female goats were born last fall. It is the first report of a goat being cloned, although goats commonly are genetically engineered to produce human proteins in their milk.
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