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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

“Instead of what happens in cloning where a baby grows, Victor literally did make a baby, just a big one,” says Hill.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

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

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

“They did that cloning on my mother over there,” she said, surprised I hadn’t come across that fact in my research.

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



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