Now your cat really can have nine lives: the first clone-to-order company is in business, and their business will be cloning pets. Any thoughts about the company's questionable ethics are quickly overshadowed by their questionable name, Genetic Savings and Clone, but apparently their technology works: as the BBC reported Monday, their method of using chromatin transfer instead of nuclear transfer has produced two baby kittens that indeed look and act just like their original did at birth. There is still a high risk of genetic defects, but as their CEO puts so chillingly, "these births are the first instance of a consumer grade cloning technology."
The company has already taken orders from customers, and hopes to deliver their first clones by Christmas time.









