Brazil clones dead cow BRASILIA (AFP) Sep 17, 2003 A research company claimed to have cloned, for the first time in Brazil, a living cow from a dead one. "Cloning can be used when an animal of high genetic value has died from an accident," said Rodolfo Rumpf, who led the research for Investigaciones Agropecuarias (Embrapa). He told journalists Monday that the calf, born September 4, is in perfect health. He said the technique could also be used to replace dead members of endangered species. In fact, the project came about as the result of an accidental death. An eight-year-old...