5 posts and columns on cloning

Groupon Poised to Strike Partnership With China's Tencent, in Key Global Expansion Move

in News on January 16, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

Groupon is in talks with Chinese Internet giant Tencent to form a partnership to accelerate its effort in the critical Asian arena, said several sources with knowledge of the situation. Terms of the deal are unclear, but sources said that it is likely to involve some sort of co-branded joint venture effort between the two–a key strategic move for Groupon, given the hard-to-penetrate-if-you’re-not-Chinese Chinese market.

The Year in Wisecracks

in News on December 31, 2009 at 5:45 am PT

Raelian Movement Mulling Plans for 'Macaqaid'–the First Monkey-Cloning Company?

in News on November 14, 2007 at 5:17 am PT

Great news for the Raelian (read: UFO cult)-run Clonaid™. Scientists have made a breakthrough that may someday give the First Human Cloning Company a real, honest-to-goodness business model. Researchers at the Oregon National Primate Research Center said this week that they had, for the first time, generated embryonic clones from a 10-year-old male rhesus macaque [...]

Raelian Movement Mulling Plans for ‘Macaqaid’–the First Monkey-Cloning Company?

in News on November 14, 2007 at 5:17 am PT

Great news for the Raelian (read: UFO cult)-run Clonaid™. Scientists have made a breakthrough that may someday give the First Human Cloning Company a real, honest-to-goodness business model. Researchers at the Oregon National Primate Research Center said this week that they had, for the first time, generated embryonic clones from a 10-year-old male rhesus macaque [...]