DogFood 1,649 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/13710/20150325/scientists-may-be-able-to-bring-back-extinct-woolly-mammoth.htm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2997433/Could-soon-CLONE-woolly-mammoth-Scientists-extract-DNA-extinct-creature-bring-species-dead.html Scientists may be able to bring back the long extinct woolly mammoth after pasting its DNA into the elephant's genetic code. It's been 3,000 years since the mammoth was wiped out from the face of the Earth, and now for the first time the genes of these ancient animals are alive again - at least, in the lab. A team from Harvard University, led by Professor George Church, has managed to insert 14 mammoth genes into the live DNA of a modern elephant, which could create hybrid elephants capable of living in colder climates. The mammoth DNA was acquired from frozen specimens found on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea - the last living animals until around 3,300 years ago. "We prioritized genes associated with cold resistance including hairiness, ear size, subcutaneous fat and, especially," Church told The Sunday Times. Asian elephants are already closely related to woolly mammoths, so scientists didn't need to create an entire new cell to bring back this ancient behemoth. Instead the unique technique - called CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat) - allows them to make specific edits to DNA and copy and paste in certain bits of code. "We now have functioning elephant cells with mammoth DNA in them," Church said. "We have not published it in a scientific journal because there is more work to do, but we plan to do so." While this doesn't mean that woolly mammoths will be stomping around Earth any time soon, it does bring us one step closer to resurrecting the species. Some scientists even want to clone one of these massive, long-extinct beasts using well-preserved specimens that have been found in the past. But for now, at least for Church and his colleagues, they hope to create elephant/mammoth embryos that will be raised as elephants in colder climates - areas out of the reach of human influence. MEGHAN TRAINOR | Katy Perry | Taylor Swift | Lady Gaga | Rihanna | Ariana Grande | Beyoncé | Nicki Minaj | Sam Smith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azor Ahai 18,861 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Bring T Rex back please I can't wait for the memes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monketsharona 90,360 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Not a good idea... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,768 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Jurassic Park is so near! (Lol no) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingOnMe 7,280 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 This is so interesting, I'd love to see if they can get the DNA! Not a good idea...Why? Mammoths are very interesting creatures. They aren't dangerous at all, hominids (our ancestors) used to ride them like we ride horses back then lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelmaDinkley 195 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Bring back the good sis Megaladon first Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 stupid idea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monketsharona 90,360 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 This is so interesting, I'd love to see if they can get the DNA! Why? Mammoths are very interesting creatures. They aren't dangerous at all, hominids (our ancestors) used to ride them like we ride horses back then lol.because nature made it disappeared... I mean playing God is never a good idea..Like Malcolm in Jurassic Park said : 'Life finds a way'. We'll never handle nature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creyk 18,704 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I can't believe that projects like this get fundingHow stupid They should work on finding cures for diseases and coming up with better food products, not useless things like this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloody 64,632 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 If they're able to bring Mammoths back to life, then at some point they'll be able to bring people back to life. This doesn't sound like a good idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister max 18,480 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Buy ARTPOP on itunes or smth? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingOnMe 7,280 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 because nature made it disappeared... I mean playing God is never a good idea.. Like Malcolm in Jurassic Park said : 'Life finds a way'. We'll never handle nature. Playing God? If I had a cent for every time someone said that. How? God gave us the knowledge that is science and biology and us humans have used that knowledge to our best ability. Also, nature didn't "make it disappear"... they went extinct because they were being hunted for meat during the ice age when hominids were starving to death. I've also heard people call amniocentesis "playing God" because the doctors are able to eradicate the disease genes in fetuses. Is that "playing God" or is that caring for your unborn child that could be born with defects or diseases? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neptune 156 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I can't believe that projects like this get fundingHow stupid They should work on finding cures for diseases and coming up with better food products, not useless things like thisUseless things like this are sometimes the best way to find the cure for those diseases. The same way exploring space brings a lot to the medical field. Don't be ignorant and narrow-minded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creyk 18,704 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Useless things like this are sometimes the best way to find the cure for those diseases. The same way exploring space brings a lot to the medical field. Don't be ignorant and narrow-minded. I can't help it, I honestly don't see any value in bringing extinct species back to life. Anyway, it's also not worth arguing about so whatever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monketsharona 90,360 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Playing God? If I had a cent for every time someone said that. How? God gave us the knowledge that is science and biology and us humans have used that knowledge to our best ability. Also, nature didn't "make it disappear"... they went extinct because they were being hunted for meat during the ice age when hominids were starving to death. I've also heard people call amniocentesis "playing God" because the doctors are able to eradicate the disease cells in fetuses. Is that "playing God" or is that caring for your unborn child that could be born with defects or diseases? By playing God I mean creating something that hasn't existed. By changing its DNA (or mixing it to elephant) to recreat it, it's literally creating an hybrid, not a pure Mammoth.. I think they should use this money to save the species men are killing or destroying right now... Not bringing back from death something that disappeared long time ago and that actual men did not even seen... I'm not glad about it (not because I'm not curious to see a Mammoth, on the contrary). You could say Jurassic Park is fiction, but they rise a very interesting point in it by saying Human beings shouldn't play with genetics to bring back to life prehistorical species as they don't even know how dangerous it could be ! This movie actually has a great message in it ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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