Test Tube Pups May Help Rescue Endangered Species
<p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Cornell">Cornell</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="proudly">proudly</span> <span word="presented">presented</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="litter">litter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="successfully">successfully</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="vitro">vitro</span> <span word="fertilization">fertilization</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="IVF">IVF</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="breakthrough">breakthrough</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="combating">combating</span> <span word="inherited">inherited</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="affect">affect</span> <span word="canines">canines</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="humans">humans</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="litter">litter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="seven">seven</span>, <span word="born">born</span> <span word="July">July</span> 10, <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> 19 <span word="embryos">embryos</span> <span word="implanted">implanted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>. <span word="Five">Five</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="beagles">beagles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="beagle">beagle</span>-<span word="cocker">cocker</span> <span word="spaniel">spaniel</span> <span word="mixes">mixes</span>.</p><p><span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="humans">humans</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="successfully">successfully</span> <span word="bred">bred</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="artificial">artificial</span> <span word="insemination">insemination</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="perfecting">perfecting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="timing">timing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fertilization">fertilization</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="eggs">eggs</span>.</p><p><span word="Previously">Previously</span>, <span word="only">only</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="frozen">frozen</span> <span word="embryo">embryo</span>, <span word="in">in</span> 2012, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="Cornell">Cornell</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="lab">lab</span>.</p><p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="opens">opens</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="saving">saving</span> <span word="endangered">endangered</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="painted">painted</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Dr">Dr</span>. <span word="Alexander">Alexander</span> <span word="Travis">Travis</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Cornell">Cornell</span>. "<span word="If">If</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="breed">breed</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="captivity">captivity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="collect">collect</span>, <span word="say">say</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="eggs">eggs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sperm">sperm</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="IVF">IVF</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="species">species</span>."</p><p><span word="Successfully">Successfully</span> <span word="fertilizing">fertilizing</span> <span word="eggs">eggs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="eliminate">eliminate</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="traits">traits</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>.</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span> <span word="opens">opens</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="possibility">possibility</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="identify">identify</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="genes">genes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="fix">fix</span> <span word="those">those</span>, <span word="replace">replace</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="copy">copy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gene">gene</span>, <span word="before">before</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="born">born</span>," <span word="Travis">Travis</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="So">So</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cure">cure</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="happening">happening</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="place">place</span>."</p>
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