Scientist claims to have cloned first female dog

A FORMER collaborator of disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk claimed yesterday he succeeded in cloning a female dog after last year’s breakthrough of creating the world’s first cloned dog, which was male.

An Afghan hound, named Bona, was born on June 18 using cloning technology, said Lee Byeong-chun, a veterinary professor of Seoul National University. Two more of the same breed were born later and DNA tests showed the three females are clones, he said.

Lee was a key member of Hwang’s research team, whose purported breakthroughs in creating human stem cells through cloning were found to be fake.