The world's first human camel was born

The world's first humanized camel was born at the camel reproduction center in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) weighing 30 kg.

Injaz camels and pregnant mother camels at the camel reproduction center in Dubai.Photo: AFP

According to Professor Lulu Skidmore - the center director, the camel is a hump named Injaz (Arabic for achievement) cloned from a 2005 camel.

Its birth is the result of many years of research, and is a significant breakthrough in the program to preserve the precious gene pool of camel-like milk and run the center's technology.

People use DNA extracted from the cells of the slaughtered camel's ovary and transplanted into a camel's egg to form a cloned embryo.

Embryos were kept for 7 days in the laboratory before being transplanted back into the uterus of the camel. After 12 months, camels were born.