Sci/Tech Woolly mammoth to be brought back to life from cloned bone marrow 'within five years'

[The Helper]

Scientists believe it may be possible to clone a woolly mammoth within five years after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia.

Teams from Russia's Sakha Republic's mammoth museum and Japan's Kinki University will launch fully-fledged joint research next year aiming to recreate the giant mammal, Japan's Kyodo News reported from Yakutsk, Russia.

By replacing the nuclei of egg cells from an elephant with those taken from the mammoth's marrow cells, embryos with mammoth DNA can be produced, Kyodo said, citing the researchers.

The scientists will then plant the embryos into elephant wombs for delivery as the two species are close relatives, the report said.

Woolly mammoth to be brought back to life from cloned bone marrow 'within five years'

Scientists from Russia and Japan will launch fully-fledged joint research next year aiming to recreate the giant mammal after finding a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia.

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[FireCat]

:thdown: :thdown:

 

[duderock101]

I'm sorry, but what's the point of doing this? I'm guessing its cost a lot of money for research, which could of been better spent on other research projects, like curing cancer.

Hey, actually... maybe they could start a tourist park on an island and populate it with dinosaurs next.

 

[thewrongvine]

I'm sorry, but what's the point of doing this? I'm guessing its cost a lot of money for research, which could of been better spent on other research projects, like curing cancer.

How many times must I post this,

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[BlowingKush]

nature is men's playground

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

I dunno, sounds like a solution to world hunger... amirite?

 

[pr0-assasin]

To tell you the truth I find this fascinating. The possibilities if this were successful is at the very least, interesting.

 

[Switch33]

Watch it not work at all and just a giant tumor comes out of the elephant. heh

 

[Dinowc]

And call it Manny.

This is indeed fascinating. We don't need a time machine, we can bring the history to us instead.

 

[FireCat]

Seriously, bringing back such animal, without others of it's kind or a habitat to support it. That's not cool

Next, let's bring back the humanlike species. eh?

I dunno, sounds like a solution to world hunger... amirite?

No way!

 

[Wiseman_2]

Seriously, bringing back such animal, without others of it's kind or a habitat to support it. That's not cool

Because those with the technology to bring an extinct animal back to life could not possibly have the technology to create an environment suitable for it

 

[dark typer]

Meh, I think that these scientist are finding ways to kill time

But only working on a wooly mammoth? Come on, even i can think of things to be cloned better than a mammoth. Well, at least they're trying to revive a prehistoric animal...so good for them

That's one more species that we have to feed

Because those with the technology to bring an extinct animal back to life could not possibly have the technology to create an environment suitable for it

true. Even if we can bring this creature back to life... do you think we can create a suitable habitat for it to last its whole life span

i doubt we can keep it alive for 2 months