Re: MEDICINE: Geron and ACT

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 13:07:10 MST


"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
>
> And the NY Times has an article about ACT's success in cloning cows:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/science/23COWS.html
>
> In particular:
> > The company created nearly 500 embryos by cloning; 30 survived to
> > birth, of which 24 grew to adulthood.
>
> Its nice to know it works, but at a 6% birth rate and 4.8% success rate
> to adults it isn't exactly what one would call a "reliable" method.

What is the success rate of conception in vivo? What is the natural
miscarriage rate?



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