This is not science fiction folks; pet cloning has arrived! You and I cannot be cloned
(yet!), but our loving pets can live forever. To date, pets of the canine, feline, and equine
variety have all been cloned.
As I am sitting here, searching my rescued Spaniel's sanguine brown eyes for inspiration
to start this story, I know with a certainty once only reserved for death that I would do
anything for Berkeley and me to be together forever. As long as cloning is safe for her,
of course. That was my first concern, and I am sure it would be for all pet owners.
Carol Bardwick founded Canine Cryobank, a San Diego-based biological repository in
1981, and is currently a leader in canine Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART).
Over the years, she has appeared on NBC, CBS, and ABC, and was featured
in Dog Fancy, Dog World, and Wired magazines. Thirty years after first opening her doors for business, Carol still lives and works on the periphery of endless possibility, and in this case, endless life!
But how does it all work?
Canine Cryobank clients first take their dog to a veterinarian to extract a "punch," or
small skin sample. In the laboratory the tissue sample grows into a cell culture. After
progressing to "fibroblast stage," or the structural framework for animal tissues in an
activated state of metabolism, it is ready for cryopreservation . Once stored in cryotanks,
Carol waits for authorization from the pet owner, and then the cells are shipped to a
cloning center.
It is amazing, and a bit dizzying, to think that the canine companion currently resting his
chin gently on your lap, with his quirky personality, and teeming vats of unconditional
love, is able to snigger at old age, and return, in all of his glory, as a blithe puppy.
To learn more about pet cell harvesting for cloning, please visit the Canine Cryobank Website.
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