Scientific breakthrough: Vietnam successfully clones pigs


The first pig born in Vietnam thanks to the application of somatic cell nuclear transfer technology. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, March 14 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnamese scientists have for the first time successfully cloned pigs using the somatic cells of ear tissue.

Four healthy pigs were born on March 10 using somatic cell nuclear transfer technology.

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