Game of clones: Science is immortalizing Argentina’s top polo horses (wapo.st)
from silence7@slrpnk.net to world@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 06:53
https://slrpnk.net/post/5308356

the extent to which this polo-obsessed nation has already fundamentally transformed the sport and the nature of horse breeding was evident on the field at the Argentine Open in Palermo in late November. As the players and the clones watched a video montage memorializing the late original champion mare, her name flashed across the screen.

“Dolfina Cuartetera,” it read. “3 February 2001 — ∞.”

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Mothra@mander.xyz on 30 Dec 2023 08:30 next collapse

“polo obsessed nation” is a bit of a stretch. Sure it’s popular but among the very wealthy only. The average Argentine is pretty much indifferent to polo. Football (soccer) is clearly the national obsession. I’d dare say rugby and tennis have more fans than polo.

It’s a really good article though

amenotef@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 19:00 collapse

I’m sure less than 1% of Argentinian citizens are obsessed with polo.

TallonMetroid@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 14:09 collapse

Didn’t Dolly suffer from premature aging due to her telomeres? The article seems to imply that using stem cells somehow fixed this, but how?

mipadaitu@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 15:34 collapse

Dolly died due to a lung condition. Currently no one linked her death or aging to being a clone.

Similar diseases were shown in other members of the flock, and it was most likely due to being kept indoors for research and security reasons.