In 1996 , Dolly the sheep made headlines for being the first mammalian cloned from an grownup cell . She was put down in 2002 . But as it turns out , Dolly ’s still alive today . A scientist secretly made four copy years ago .
Sometime around 2006 , Professor Keith Campbell of Nottingham University deice the mammary secreter tissue paper used to make the original Dolly and cloned himself four perfect replicas . The Dollies ’ existence had been kept relatively quiet until Campbell mentioned them in a recent lecture on animal cloning and social welfare at the European Parliament . Serious brute cloning bahhhhhmbshell .
“ Dolly is alive and well , ” said Campbell , who keeps the sheep as ducky on Nottingham ’s campus . “ Genetically these are Dolly . ”
In fact , they may be better than Dolly . The original clone suffered from lung disease and arthritis and had to be put down at age six . The newfangled Dollies , all just about age 4 , have had no health problems to speak of and show no augury that they ’ll evolve the arthritis that plagued their genetically identical herald . The cloning process was easier this time around , too ; O.G. Dolly was the only subsister out of 277 egg , while each of the new Dollies came from a mathematical group of only five embryo . That ’s progress ! And in the interest of full revelation , I guess now ’s a skilful time to mention that I ’ve farm an intact army of Dolly clones with which I signify to annex Manhattan . Sheep Meadow , here I hail . [ Daily Mail ]
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