 In 2005, Dr. Hwang and his team successfully cloned the world's first dog, which they named Snuppy.In 2007, Lou Hawthorne, former CEO of GSC and current CEO of BioArts International, was introduced to Dr. Hwang and his team by Dr. Shin of BioArts, and asked if they would clone Missy.They agreed and Missy's conserved cells were flown to the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation outside of Seoul.