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New Delhi: After successfully cloning buffalo, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is all set to embark on a project to clone endangered species, including pashmina goats that are found in Kashmir and are famous for fine quality wool.
"We hope to start the project to clone a pashmina goat in next two months," NDRI Director A K Srivastava told PTI.
New Delhi: After successfully cloning buffalo, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is all set to embark on a project to clone endangered species, including pashmina goats that are found in Kashmir and are famous for fine quality wool.
"We hope to start the project to clone a pashmina goat in next two months," NDRI Director A K Srivastava told PTI.
Encouraged by the second successful experiment of the cloned buffalo Garima on June 6, the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is set to go ahead with another experiment of cloning Changthangi or pashmina goat in Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in next two months.
Sept. 18: Union health and family welfare minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the Centre favours therapeutic cloning (cloning of human tissues and organs) on a case-to-case basis. The minister also said that the Centre would soon come out with a bill on stem cell research and its application.
