1.   In addition, Scotland-based cloning pioneer Ian Wilmut, whose work produced Dolly, the first cloned mammal, also has applied for a license.

2.   Scientists at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland, who produced the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, were also puzzled by the announcement.

3.   The patent covers a way of turning unfertilized female eggs into embryos and the production of cloned mammals using that technique.

4.   Britain will drastically cut funding to the research project that produced the first cloned mammal, the Ministry of Agriculture says.

5.   Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, has given birth to healthy triplets conceived the old-fashioned way, scientists announced Thursday.