"Mammoth experiment!" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 31 Mar 2015 10:44 a.m. PST |
The idea of bringing extinct animals back to life continues to reside in the realm of science fiction. But scientists have taken a small step closer to that goal, by inserting the DNA of a woolly mammoth into lab-grown elephant cells.Harvard geneticist George Church and his colleagues used a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to insert mammoth genes for small ears, subcutaneous fat, and hair length and color into the DNA of elephant skin cells. The work has not yet been published in a scientific journal, and has yet to be reviewed by peers in the field. Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) have been extinct for millennia, with the last of the species dying out about 3,600 years ago. But scientists say it may be possible to bring these and other species back from the grave, through a process known as de-extinction… link |
| Mako11 | 31 Mar 2015 11:28 a.m. PST |
What could possibly go wrong? |
| Maddaz111 | 31 Mar 2015 12:13 p.m. PST |
welcome to Prehistoric park…. see Smilodon, …. nah, providing they have enough technology, be entirely safe… |
| Wackmole9 | 31 Mar 2015 12:38 p.m. PST |
Mammoth Burger Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Cacique Caribe | 31 Mar 2015 12:39 p.m. PST |
My money is on the thylacine project having a greater success probability. Dan
PS. It would make more sense if the Mammoth project was done in Texas and the beasts were freed to roam areas of Alaska – the two largest states? Dan |
| skippy0001 | 31 Mar 2015 12:44 p.m. PST |
hmmm… so if you cycle coffee beans through Mammoths… |
| War Panda | 31 Mar 2015 5:03 p.m. PST |
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| Roderick Robertson | 01 Apr 2015 10:36 a.m. PST |
Millions for park infrastructure, mere thousands for the programmer writing all the code to run the park. And the emergency generators (which must be turned on manually, of course) are in the middle of the smilodon area… |
| Dave Crowell | 02 Apr 2015 3:43 p.m. PST |
Considering what is happening to the few remaining species of megafauna in the wild I find the drive to recreate mammoths somewhat ironic. |
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