Sinogene Biotechnology

Last updated
Sinogene Biotechnology
Industry Biotechnology
Services Pet cloning
Website www.sinogenepets.com

Sinogene Biotechnology is a Chinese biotechnology company, focusing on animal cloning technology. [1] [2] In 2022, Sinogene was the first to clone a wild Arctic wolf. [3]

Contents

History

Sinogene Biotechnology began offering dog cloning services in 2017 [4] [5] [6] and later introduced cat cloning in 2019. [7] [8] [9]

In 2022, Sinogene became the first company to successfully clone an Arctic wolf, [10] and started horse cloning in 2023. [11] [12] The donor cell came from a wild female Arctic wolf, the oocyte was from a female dog, and the surrogate was a beagle. [3] The company transferred 85 embryos into seven beagles and one Arctic wolf was born. [13] In June of the same year, Sinogene cloned a male horse using skin cells from a horse born in 1995. [14]

Sinogene partnered with Beijing Wildlife Park in 2022 to work together on improving breeding for endangered animals as well as improving ways to protect endangered animals. [13] [15]

Sinogene clients can harvest cells from their living pets, to one day use in the cloning process after their pet dies. [12] Customers receive their cloned animals three months after they are born. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Campbell, Joseph (2018-12-17). "Two of a kind: China's first pet cloning service duplicates star pooch". Reuters . Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  2. ↑ Wang, Serenitie; Stambaugh, Alex (2019-03-22). "China begins training first cloned police dog". CNN . Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. 1 2 "World's 1st cloned wild arctic wolf makes debut, pioneering conservation of endangered wildlife through cloning tech - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  4. ↑ "China clones 'Sherlock Holmes' police dog to cut training times – report". The Guardian . 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  5. ↑ Shamsian, Jacob (2018-12-18). "The owner of a celebrity dog who makes 6 figures a movie cloned it for just $55,000, and says the dog is 'a piece of intellectual property'". Insider . Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  6. ↑ Wang, Serenitie; Rivers, Matt; Wang, Shunhe (2017-12-26). "Chinese firm clones gene-edited dog in bid to treat cardiovascular disease". CNN . Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  7. ↑ Wee, Sui-Lee (2019-09-04). "His Cat's Death Left Him Heartbroken. So He Cloned It". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  8. ↑ "Meet Garlic, the cloned kitten. His owner spent $51k on him". ABC News . 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  9. ↑ Lanese, Nicoletta (2019-09-06). "China's First Cloned Kitten, Garlic". The Scientist Magazine . Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  10. ↑ Yeung, Jessie (2022-09-21). "Chinese researchers clone an Arctic wolf in 'landmark' conservation project". CNN . Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  11. ↑ "Cloned horse raises hopes for equestrian sports in China". France 24. 2023-01-12. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  12. 1 2 3 Shunsuke Tabeta; Yusuke Hinata (October 7, 2023). "Pet cloning multiplies profits for Chinese startup Sinogene". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  13. 1 2 "Bringing Extinct Animals Back to Life: How Cloning and De-Extinction Startups Are Making History by Reviving Extinct Mammoths, Tigers and Wolves". Yahoo Finance. 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  14. ↑ "Cloned horse raises hopes for equestrian sports in China". phys.org. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  15. ↑ "A Beagle Just Gave Birth to the First Cloned Arctic Wolf Pup (Her Name Is Maya, and She's Adorable)". Popular Mechanics. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2024-02-08.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.