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SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian scientists have claimed a world first, cloning a cow using a new technique that produces a healthier embryo.
Researchers from Melbourne's Monash Institute of Medical Research and the Genetics Australia Co-operative created Brandy, a two-month-old Holstein-Fresian calf in December.
Head researcher Vanessa Hall said it was the first time they had used the serial nuclear transfer technique to clone bovines, The Australian Associated Press reported.
Scientists fuse the nutrients from a recently fertilized egg to a cloned embryo before it is placed in the surrogate, thus enhancing remodeling of the DNA.
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