"On Tuesday, Tom Brady casually dropped the bombshell that his new dog, Junie, is a clone of the family's former pit mix, Lua, who died in December 2023. You read that right, a clone. Did he really think he could toss that info out there and it would slip under the radar? Sorry, Tom. Not on my watch. The cloning was carried out by the not-at-all supervillain-sounding company Colossal Biosciences (cue lightning and thunder), which used a blood sample taken from Lua while she was still alive."
""A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family's elderly dog before she passed. In a few short months, Colossal gave my family a second chance with a clone of our beloved dog," Brady said. Then, of course, he added a little corporate synergy moment: "I am excited how Colossal and Viagen's tech together can help both families losing their beloved pets while helping to save endangered species.""
Tom Brady announced that his family's new dog Junie is a clone of their former pit mix Lua, who died in December 2023. Colossal Biosciences performed the cloning using a blood sample taken while Lua was still alive. The announcement appeared in a joint press release noting Brady's investor relationship with Colossal. Colossal recently acquired Viagen Pets and Equine, a company with prior celebrity cloning cases. Colossal has also pursued de-extinction projects. The narrative frames the cloning as a personal second chance for grieving owners and ties it to broader commercial and conservation-oriented biotech efforts.
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