Cumulina
The Cumulina mouse (born October 3, 1997 in Honolulu ; † May 5, 2000 there ) was the first cloned rodent . It was created using the so-called Honolulu technique, the intracytoplasmic injection of a cumulus cell nucleus into an enucleated egg cell . Cumulina naturally gave birth to completely healthy mice of its own.
The mouse was named after the technology used. In Latin cumulatus means as much as increased or summit (point) , in Italian cumula means accumulation .
Eight months before her death, the researchers removed a skin cancer tumor that had appeared. In terms of human age, the animal died at around 95 years of age. Their prepared remains are to be preserved for posterity in the new "Institute for Biogenesis Research" in Honolulu.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Franz Carmine: Genome Technology and Stem Cell Research - set responsible risk ?: facts and opinions . Govi-Verlag, Eschborn 2003, ISBN 3-7741-1000-X , p. 88 (123 p., Limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Spiegel-online.de of May 10, 2000: First cloned mouse dead , queried on October 2, 2010
- ↑ CBS-News of May 10, 2000: First Cloned Mouse Dies Of Old Age (English), accessed on October 2, 2010
- ↑ Press release of the University of Hawai'i dated May 9, 2000 ( Memento of the original dated February 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on October 2, 2010
