S Korean team produces three cloned dogs

Seoul National University's Professor Lee Byung-chun (C) and his researchers show three genetically identical Afghan Hound clones, named Bona, Hope and Peace (L-R) during a photo opportunity at the university in Seoul yesterday. PHOTO: Reuters

The same team at Seoul National University last year produced Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog, also an Afghan hound.

"This is being done to advance medical research and it is not yet intended for people to clone their pets," Lee Byung-chun, a veterinary professor at the university and who now heads the team, told Reuters.