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tempts that worked. What we don't see are the many,
many cloning experiments that failed! And even in the successful
clones, problems tend to arise later, during the animal's develop-
ment to adulthood. 66
Information from the Human Genome Projects website takes this
form:
Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned from adult DNA, [died on] Feb.
14, 2003. Prior to her death, Dolly had been suffering from lung can-
cer and crippling arthritis… More than 90% of cloning attempts fail
to produce viable offspring… In addition to low success rates,
cloned animals tend to have more compromised immune function
and higher rates of infection, tumor growth, and other disorders.
Japanese studies have shown that cloned mice live in poor health
and die early… Appearing healthy at a young age unfortunately is
not a good indicator of long term survival. Clones have been known
to die mysteriously. For example, Australia's first cloned sheep ap-
peared healthy and energetic on the day she died, and the results
from her autopsy failed to determine a cause of death. 67
In general terms, the risks arising from cloning experiments are as
follows:

1) A high failure rate: The level of success is just 0.1%-3%. That
means a failure rate of 970-999 for every 1000 experiments. 68

Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned,
died on February 14, 2003.

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