ViaGen Pets

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ViaGen Pets
Company typeDivision
Founded2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Headquarters
Cedar Park, Texas
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United States
ParentColossal Biosciences
Websiteviagenpets.com

ViaGen Pets & Equine, based in Cedar Park, Texas, is a division of Colossal Biosciences that offers animal cloning services. ViaGen's Pets division was launched in 2016.[1]

Technology and patents

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ViaGen Pets offers cloning as well as DNA preservation services, sometimes called tissue or cell banking.[2]

ViaGen's subsidiary, Start Licensing, owns a cloning patent which is licensed to their only competitor as of 2018, who also offers animal cloning services.[3] The cloning process used by both ViaGen and their competitor is somatic cell nuclear transfer, the same as which was used for cloning Dolly the Sheep.[3]

History

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ViaGen was founded in Austin, Texas in 2002.[4] ViaGen began by offering cloning to the livestock and equine industry in 2003,[1] and later included cloning of cats and dogs in 2016.[5]

In 2020, ViaGen achieved the first successful cloning of an endangered species in the United States, the black-footed ferret.[6] As of 2025, ViaGen had successfully cloned 15 species, including Przewalski’s horse.[6]

In November 2025, ViaGen was acquired by Colossal Biosciences.[4][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Castillo, Michelle (March 8, 2018). "This woman paid $50,000 to clone her dead chihuahua...twice". CNBC. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Claiborne, Casey (January 11, 2020). "Cedar Park company ViaGen cloning favorite pets". FOX 7 Austin. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Baron, Jessica (December 24, 2018). "If You Love Animals, Don't Clone Your Pet". Forbes. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Pauda, Erica (November 4, 2025). "Colossal Biosciences acquires Austin-based company, Viagen Pets and Equine". KXAN. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "Viagen Pets take animal cloning from research lab to marketplace". WTOC. May 18, 2020. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Snider, Mike (November 4, 2025). "Biotech company Colossal, which brought dire wolves back to life, acquires Viagen". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  7. ^ "Colossal Biosciences acquires Texas-based biotech company specializing in animal cloning". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
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