2022/06/15

Smithsonian Acquires Taxidermy of First Successfully Cloned Mouse

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, acquired the taxidermy of Cumulina, the world’s first successfully cloned mouse. Named after the cumulus cells vital to the cloning process, Cumulina was created by University of Hawai’i researchers in 1997 and died of natural causes in 2000. The specimen is now held at the museum’s Medicine and Science Division. “I’m happy that more people can see her there,” says Ryuzo Yanagimachi, Cumulina’s father.

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