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For $40,000, You Can Clone Your Cat

People are obsessed with their pets. There are actually more American households that own dogs than there are married households. All together, pet owners spend about $50 billion dollars a year to care for their pets. And an average life time cost to own and raise a dog can range from $16,000 to $250,000. And if you really can't live with out your precious kitty, just clone him or her for $40,000.

 

Glow-in-the-dark cats against AIDS, other diseases

Glow-in-the-dark cats against AIDS, other diseases

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and illuminate ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The goal is to create cats with intrinsic immunity to the feline AIDS virus.

 

Birds use feathers 'to touch'

Birds may use their feathers for touch - to feel their surroundings just as cats use their whiskers, scientists find.

 

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