{
  "id": 702186,
  "title": "Scientists just created female clones of male mice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/scientists-just-created-female-clones-of-male-mice-702186",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T18:59:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Tech Review Biotech",
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    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/12/1141768/scientists-just-created-female-clones-of-male-mice/"
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  "summary": "Scientists have deliberately turned male mouse embryos into females for the first time. A team based in Japan used a CRISPR-based approach to remove the Y chromosome from male cells and create female clones of male mice. “No one has done this before,” says Monika Ward, a reproductive biologist at the University of Hawaii, who…",
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        "title": "Scientists just created female clones of male mice",
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        "published": "2026-08-12T18:59:48.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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