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cloning

[kloh-ning] / ˈkloʊ nɪŋ /
VERB
copy exactly
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In 1978, Habener set up his own lab at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital, looking to capitalize on a new technology for cloning genes by studying pancreatic and other hormones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

The project was led by Altragen, a cloning company Yakovenko co-owns with an agricultural company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

It's a way of cloning plants, with desirable traits and eliminating disease.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

Part of Colossal’s announcement this week included news that they had also successfully created four clones of the endangered red wolf using a new noninvasive cloning technology.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

But before the cloning of whole animals, there was the cloning of individual cells —Henrietta’s cells.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot