Manimal Magic. Japanese and British bio technicians in Edinburgh have cloned the first pig. Meanwhile in Australia, scientists claim they have proved therapeutic cloning works. In the Maus, the animals came on 2 by 2.Or in the case of Xena, in fives. So named, not after the warrior princess but because her creators, the National Institute of Animal Industry [fear it] believe that one day Xena 1-5 will be used for xenotransplantation - the use of organs from one species for another species. In some circles, pigs are considered to be the most suitable animal donors for humans on the basis of similarity in organ size and meta biology.The announcement of Xena 1-5 on Tuesday 15/08/2000 came one day before the UK Donaldson report on therapeutic cloning which specifically recommends a prohibition on animal human [aka manimal] cloning experiments.Meanwhile Maus 1 in Melbourne, Australia was created from its own embryonic stem cells, and here just for you we have our easy step-by-step Protein guide to genetic cloning:First, fertilise a mouse egg with its own DNA. Once proto-Maus starts fission, remove embryonic stem cells. Finally, store and culture and transplant the ES cells back into Maus. Simple.The absence of side effects [tissue rejection, immunity collapse] has demonstrated, according to the scientists at the Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development in Melbourne, that organisms will accept cloned cells harvested outside the organism. Whether Maus 1 [or is that Mause 1.1?] knows what the fuck is going on is another matter, but rest assured, we’ll be there to cover it.