Cloning Companies

• Advanced Cell Technologies (ACT).One Innovation Drive, Biotech Three, Worcester, MA 01605 Phone: (508) 756-1212

This company successfully cloned calves and an endangered ox, the guar. They are the only company in the United States to openly pursue the highly controversial therapeutic human embryo cloning. They also are focusing a lot of their research on human embryonic stem cells and towards that end will be establishing a research facilty in California where voters passed Proposition 71, a “Stem Cell Initiative” that provides $3.0 billion of funding over the next ten years for stem cell research in the state of California. Press releases are on the Web page.

• L'Alliance Boviteq (LAB) 1425, grand rang Saint-François, Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec), Canada J2S 7A9 Phone: (450) 774 7949
  

In September, 2000, this company cloned a famous Holstein bull in collaboration with the University of Montreal Veterinary Faculty. This was the first cloning of an animal from an adult somatic cell in Canada.

• Genetic Savings and Clone 3312 Longmire Dr., College Station, TX 77845-5812 Phone: (888) 833-6063
  

This company has a development agreement with Texas A&M University and is investing money in animal cloning research for dogs, cats, cattle and horses. They are collaborating on The Missyplicity Project, headed by a team of scientists from Texas A&M University, that seeks to clone the first dog for a private sponsor. An offshoot of this project was the "CopyCat project" which funded the successful creation of a cat clone in February 2002. The company plans later to branch into cloning wildlife and endangered species. Right now they will save a small tissue sample from your pet for eventual future cloning.

• Geron Corporation Menlo Park, CA.

Geron acquired Roslin Bio-Med (a company formed by the Roslin Institute) in 1999 and now owns their patents on the nuclear transfer process. A list of their patents is available under their Product Development link. One of their focuses now is human embryonic stem cell research.

• Infigen 1825 Infinity Drive, DeForest, WI 53532. Phone: (608) 846-0500

  Formed in 1997 after the cloning of the first cow from a non-embryo derived cell, this company has since cloned many pigs as well as cattle and received a critical patent for the nuclear transfer process. The site has a nice glossary of terms used in the cloning industry. They are currently working on cloning (nuclear transfer) technologies in animals for applications in human health care.

• Lazaron BioTechnologies LLC. Louisiana Business & Technology Center, South Stadium Drive, Baton Rouge LA 70803 U.S.A. Phone: (225) 334-6988 or (888) 882-8918
  

Started in 1998 by embryologists from Louisiana State University, this company collaborated with Genzyme Transgenics in the technology for cloning goats. This company has many plans for the future: cloning cattle, endangered species, and pets, including cats. They currently provide a cryopreservation service to preserve animal tissue for eventual future cloning. The Web site has a lot of information, including news articles and other links.

• PPL Therapeutics Scotland, U.K.

  This company collaborated with the Roslin Institute in the original cloning of Dolly. They are particularly interested in creating cloned animals carrying new proteins in their milkfor the purpose of curing human disease. They have cloned Polly, a sheep who carries a human gene to treat hemophilia B, and have also cloned cows and pigs. There is a list of selected scientific publications, mention of patents they hold, and a discussion of the nuclear transfer process.

• ProBio Level 50 120 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9225 5068

  This company has licensed the patented technique used by the group at the University of Hawaii to clone mice and is also collaborating with Rudolph Jaenisch at the Whitehead Institute. There is a list of papers from the University of Hawaii team.

• The Roslin Institute Scotland, U.K.

  This is the research institute at which Ian Wilmut and his research group originally cloned Dolly in collaboration with PPL Therapeutics, see above. Geron (see above) has now acquired their patents. The Roslin Institute Web site includes a public interest section on cloning.