Students get a lesson in cloning genes in new biology lab

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Splicing DNA and cloning genes is the type high-tech science that you normally only hear about in news headlines, but for some local high school students it became a reality Wednesday.

A science lab in Anchorage may change the way chemistry and biology is taught around the country.

A group of Lumen Christi High School students became the first in the nation to participate in a new type of biology lab that involves cloning.

Many people believe it's about time the classroom caught up with the real world.