Friday, July 11, 2014

Artist creates a living copy of Vincent Van Gogh's ear with relative's DNA

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The living replica of Vincent Van Gogh's ear, grown using genetic material from one of his...


If you thought cloning mice, frogs and extinct mammoths to be challenging, how about cloning Vincent Van Gogh's ear? Dutch artist Diemut Strebe has grown a living replica of the ear that Vincent Van Gogh reportedly sliced off in a troubled episode, using genetic material from one of Van Gogh's direct descendants. With a lifespan of 80 years or more, the ear could live as long as any one of us, says Strebe, who is investigating the idea of replicating people from historical DNA. .. Continue Reading Artist creates a living copy of Vincent Van Gogh's ear with relative's DNA



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