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A common science fiction trope is infinite cloning. In such a scenario, we could perfectly copy our best livestock, our beloved pets, or even ourselves, forever. But apparently biology doesn’t really ...

March 24 : Revealing the limitations of cloning, researchers who repeatedly cloned mice for two decades have discovered that such serial duplication triggers grave genetic mutations that accumulate ...

PARIS - There is a limit on how many times a mammal can be cloned before suffering “mutational meltdown”, Japanese scientists have discovered, after making 1,200 clones over two decades that started ...

This extensive research directly contradicts the long-held notion that clones are identical copies of their original donor and disproves the idea that current cloning technology could be sustained ...