A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
Scientist plans to clone a mammoth in the next five years.
Using a technique that produced a mouse from tissue frozen for 16 years, a scientist at Kyoto University plans to clone a mammoth within the next four to five years.
Continue reading… “First Woolly Mammoth to be Cloned Within Five Years”
Mammoth
Using ancient DNA extracted from specimens of woolly mammoths preserved in the Siberian permafrost, researchers from the University of Adelaide and other universities managed to reconstruct the hemoglobin of these long-extinct beasts. The researchers converted the protein’s DNA sequences into RNA and inserted it into E. coli bacteria, which then manufactured the ancient mammoth protein. Does that mean we’ll be seeing woolly mammoths strolling the streets of Adelaide any time soon?
Continue reading… “Mammoth Blood Brought Back to Life”
