ViaGen Pets
{{Short description|Animal cloning company}}
{{use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| logo=File:Logo_of_the_company_Viagen_Pets.png
| hq_location_city = Cedar Park, Texas
| hq_location_country = United States
| type = Division
| parent = TransOva Genetics
| founded = {{start date and age|2016}}
}}
ViaGen Pets, based in Cedar Park, Texas, is a division of TransOva Genetics, that offers animal cloning services to pet owners. ViaGen Pets division was launched in 2016.{{Cite web|last=Castillo|first=Michelle|date=2018-03-08|title=This woman paid $50,000 to clone her dead chihuahua...twice|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/08/viagen-pets-cloned-a-chihuahua-for-50000.html|access-date=2020-06-06|website=CNBC|language=en}}
ViaGen Pets offers cloning as well as DNA preservation services, sometimes called tissue or cell banking.{{Cite web|last=Claiborne|first=Casey|date=2020-01-11|title=Cedar Park company ViaGen cloning favorite pets|url=https://www.fox7austin.com/news/cedar-park-company-viagen-cloning-favorite-pets|access-date=2020-06-06|website=FOX 7 Austin|language=en-US}}
Technology and patents
ViaGen's subsidiary, Start Licensing, owns a cloning patent which is licensed to their only competitor as of 2018, who also offers animal cloning services.{{Cite web|last=Baron|first=Jessica|title=If You Love Animals, Don't Clone Your Pet|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicabaron/2018/12/24/if-you-love-animals-dont-clone-your-pet/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Forbes|language=en}}
The cloning process used by both ViaGen and their competitor is somatic cell nuclear transfer, the same as which was used for cloning Dolly the Sheep.
History
ViaGen Pets began by offering cloning to the livestock and equine industry in 2003, and later included cloning of cats and dogs in 2016.{{Cite web|author=WTOC Staff|title=Viagen Pets take animal cloning from research lab to marketplace|url=https://www.wtoc.com/2020/05/18/viagen-pets-take-animal-cloning-research-lab-marketplace/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.wtoc.com|language=en-US}}
References
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.viagenpets.com|ViaGen Pets}} official website
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