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Woman receives five cloned pit puppies

by Lalinda De La Fuente

One American woman received a canine gift on Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea - times five. Her beloved late pit bull Booger became the first commercially cloned dog for the South Korean company RNL Bio.

According to RNL Bio, five Booger clones were born on July 28, all due to the work of a team of scientists headed by Lee Byeong-chun. One clone was born from one surrogate mother and four from another.

When Bernann McKinney's pit bull Booger died in 2006 of cancer, she initially contacted the U.S. company Genetic Savings and Clone for the cloning of her dog. But it was also at the end of that year that the company was forced to shut down due to lack of demand and after only cloning a handful of cats and no dogs.

It was McKinney who then contacted Lee to inquire about cloning her dog. Booger's live tissue samples, which were collected a month before he died in 2006, were sent to Seoul in March 2008. The cloning project commenced, after approval from the Seoul National University, in May 2008.

According to RNL Bio, they successfully cloned Booger in only 70 days, including the two month gestation period, a feat which has made history in the area of dog cloning. Tests confirmed the puppies as clones and further confirmation is currently being conducted by Seoul National University's School of Medicine.

"It's a miracle!" McKinney shouted repeatedly on Tuesday, according to the AP, when she saw the cloned puppies.

RNL Bio is launching their commercial dog cloning service world-wide with the success of Booger. President and CEO of RNL Bio, Dr. Jeong-Chan Ra, DVM, Ph.D, said that RNL Bio "guarantees the quick and safe cloning of your dog."

"Anyone or any organization...that is marketing dog cloning in the U.S. is welcome to order dog cloning from us," he continued in their statement.
According to an AP report, future dog cloning at RNL Bio can cost upwards of $150,000. McKinney only paid $50,000 though considering she was their first customer, said Ra in the report.

McKinney plans to bring three of the cloned dogs home with her to California and donate the others as service dogs.
RNL Bio, currently the only company in the world that offers commercial dog cloning, has successfully cloned other canines in the past, which included cancer and drug-sniffing dogs.

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