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Published: February 25, 2008
Cloning of reporter shouldn't cause fear
By Jeff Raymond
I have been cloned.

Now, before fear — or revulsion — grips you over the possibility of two of me running around, I should clarify: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center researchers cloned a gene from a cheek cell.

Some of the methods used in the simple cloning are similar to those used in more complex research and in clinical genetics testing, such as whether a newborn has cystic fibrosis.

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