"I love my animals. They mean the world to me and my family, Brady said. A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family's elderly dog before she passed. Lua, a pit bull mix adopted by Brady and his former wife, Gisele Bundchen, died in December 2023. The sample used to create Junie was collected before Lua's death, according to Colossal."
"The Birmingham City co-owner revealed the news in a statement released through Colossal, which also announced its acquisition of another cloning company, Viagen Pets and Equine. The two firms plan to combine their technologies to expand cloning services for pet owners and conservation projects. Viagen, now owned by Colossal, has previously cloned pets for celebrities including Barbra Streisand and Paris Hilton."
Junie is a clone of the family's late dog Lua, created by Colossal Biosciences using a blood sample collected before Lua's death. Colossal acquired Viagen Pets and Equine and plans to combine technologies to expand cloning services for pet owners and conservation projects. Colossal leveraged non-invasive cloning technology via a simple blood draw. Lua, a pit bull mix, died in December 2023. Viagen previously cloned pets for celebrities including Barbra Streisand and Paris Hilton and holds technology licenses from the Roslin Institute of Edinburgh. Colossal, founded in 2021, pursues de-extinction research such as woolly mammoth and dodo projects and recently claimed to have produced three cloned dire wolf pups, a claim disputed by conservation groups. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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