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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Negovski, the doctor who engineered the revival (and who has the resounding title: director of the Laboratory of Experimental Physiology of Moscow's All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine) had clone the same thing with dogs. After years of experiments with Pulmotors and blood transfusions, he and his associates have revived dogs that have been dead for six, ten, and even 15 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: 4 1/2 Minutes of Death | 7/23/1945 | See Source »

Infinitesimal Incest. These paramecium clones, which consist of the divisions and redivisions of one exconjugant (mated cell), are roughly comparable to the aggregate of cells in a multicellular animal like man. But, unlike the very different but interdependent cells in a human body, the cells in a clone are both identical and independent; they must struggle with each other to survive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ah, Sweet Mystery | 2/5/1945 | See Source »

...Each clone has family characteristics shared by all members, and a life cycle much like that of a mammal. In a young clone, cells multiply rapidly but are unable to conjugate. Following youth comes an adolescent period of slight conjugal activity and less multiplication. At maturity, sexual reactions are strongly marked and the individuals conjugate with abandon, until at last a period of decline sets in, leading eventually to death. Frequently, in such an old clone, doughty individuals who attempt conjugation expire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ah, Sweet Mystery | 2/5/1945 | See Source »

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