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Breakthrough: World's First Extinct Animal Brought Back to Life - Through Cloning
2/1/2009 11:30:00 AM
For the first time ever, an extinct animal has been resurrected through cloning.
A wild mountain goat, called a Pyrenean ibex, died out in the year 2000 in northern Spain. Skin samples were saved from the animal and kept frozen in liquid nitrogen.
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Breakthrough: Stem Cells Create New Windpipe
12/22/2008 3:30:00 PM
In June 2008, Claudia Castillo has first-ever windpipe surgery at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain.
Her stem cells were used to create cartilage, tissue cells to cover her new windpipe.