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  "id": 867100,
  "title": "Cloning could be used to save species—or make human “organ sacks”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/cloning-could-be-used-to-save-species-or-make-human-organ-sacks-867100",
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  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Tech Review Biotech",
    "slug": "mit-tech-review-biotech",
    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/14/1141919/cloning-save-species-or-make-human-organ-sacks/"
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  "summary": "This week I spoke to scientists who have found a way to turn male mouse embryos female. They’ve developed a CRISPR-based approach to essentially cut out the Y chromosome. It allowed them to create female clones of male mice. That’s right: female animals that are genetically identical to males, except for the missing Y chromosome.…",
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        "title": "Cloning could be used to save species—or make human “organ sacks”",
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        "published": "2026-08-14T09:00:00.000Z"
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