Hum Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 YAKUTSK, Russia ? Japanese and Russian scientists might be able to clone a mammoth after confirming the presence of well-preserved bone marrow in a mammoth thighbone found in Siberian permafrost, Kyodo News reported. The scientists from the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum and Kinki University's graduate school will begin research next year to regenerate the huge mammal, which became extinct about 10,000 years ago. They will transplant nuclei from the bone marrow cells into elephant egg cells whose nuclei were removed through a type of cloning. The process can create an embryo that can be planted into an elephant womb for birth. For scientists involved in the research since the late 1990s, finding nuclei with undamaged mammoth genes has been a challenge, AFP reported. But the discovery in August of the well-preserved thighbone in Siberia increased the chances of a successful cloning. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 A Mammophant :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Wow, really really looking forward to it. Imagine going to a zoo, and seeing extinct animals! And do these scientists take request? Some dinosaur would be a good idea too. :p Reacon, dknm, Wolfbane and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 4, 2011 Member Share Posted December 4, 2011 That would be cool. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spy beef Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Could a "Jurassic Park" become a reality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 why do we want to bring back mammoths? there's a reason they're not here anymore. even if we do, will they be happy in this world? living in a prison (aka zoo)? FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Xinok Subscriber² Posted December 6, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted December 6, 2011 why do we want to bring back mammoths? there's a reason they're not here anymore. even if we do, will they be happy in this world? living in a prison (aka zoo)? Yes, that reason being our ancestors killed them all. FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebor Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 why do we want to bring back mammoths? there's a reason they're not here anymore. even if we do, will they be happy in this world? living in a prison (aka zoo)? I expect it would be in a massive reserve and looked after very well. According to the BBC documentary a few years back a mammoth would most likely happily get along with modern elephants anyway :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Just think, Mammoth Wool Jumpers come winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 I predict a mammoths revenge -- they will demolish every house ! :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Lyons10 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Wow, really really looking forward to it. Imagine going to a zoo, and seeing extinct animals! And do these scientists take request? Some dinosaur would be a good idea too. :p Yeah, I remember Jurassic Park started with such a "good idea"... :p Honestly, this is pretty cool. Haven't they been talking about mammoths for ages though? I could have swore I heard this a long while ago... I remember reading in National Geographic last year that Europe was trying to clone some sort of giant cow that was extinct... I can't remember what it was called. It only at a particular type of tree I remember. Some sort of neucense tree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted December 6, 2011 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2011 I predict a mammoths revenge -- they will demolish every house ! :shifty: only if you tell them about what we did to their species in the past, as long as that's a secret, we are fine! Glassed Silver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyRexion Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 A Mammophant :D Or an Elemoth :rofl: According to the BBC documentary a few years back a mammoth would most likely happily get along with modern elephants anyway :D Don't they live in slightly cooler climates than Effalumps? Glassed Silver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scumdogmillionaire Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Yes, that reason being our ancestors killed them all. Bingo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrian Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 They were talking about cloning mammoths when I was in middle school in the 80s. I'm not sure this is really news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charisma Veteran Posted December 6, 2011 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2011 why do we want to bring back mammoths? there's a reason they're not here anymore. even if we do, will they be happy in this world? living in a prison (aka zoo)? This.. I don't see a reason for it either tbh... Other than the novelty of it, but that's not really a good reason! And on second thought, it may be an even worse idea. They've been extinct for ages, who knows if they could even survive in the environment we've got now? Unlike the species that are around now, they didn't have a chance to adapt to the little things that have happened along the way. There's stuff in the water that didn't exist back then, the air has more/different pollution, whatever they're eating will be very different to what they had before. I highly doubt they would thrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted December 6, 2011 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2011 They were talking about cloning mammoths when I was in middle school in the 80s. I'm not sure this is really news? back then they didn't have the tech for it, it pretty much exists now in some form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrian Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Sure they did. They were talking about how they were going to do it, and then they just never did. Probably the DNA sample they had wasn't viable or they just realized it might not be a great idea and the money could be spent better elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 They were talking about cloning mammoths when I was in middle school in the 80s. I'm not sure this is really news? It's News because then it was science fiction and now it isn't - largely because genetics is advancing faster than Moore's Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zain Adeel Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 How does the moore' s law apply to genetics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Xinok Subscriber² Posted December 7, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted December 7, 2011 How does the moore' s law apply to genetics? FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotoxic_hazard_835 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Wow, that is something I would like to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 http://www.ted.com/t...revolution.html Thanks for saving me the trouble :) @Zain Adeel As shown in this, the rate of genomic research advances is now so fast it would be like leaping directly from the original Macintosh to an iPad 2 in about 2 years - slightly longer than the period of time Moore's Law would predict for a computing product cycle. This has profound implications, not only for medicine but for food production and international relations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mirumir Subscriber¹ Posted December 7, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 7, 2011 It's good to see the scientists of these two countries coming together to work on a joint project. Yes, that reason being our ancestors killed them all. It's only a hypothesis. They were talking about cloning mammoths when I was in middle school in the 80s. I'm not sure this is really news? 'Cause it's just been announced now, not 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Thanks for saving me the trouble :) @Zain Adeel As shown in this, the rate of genomic research advances is now so fast it would be like leaping directly from the original Macintosh to an iPad 2 in about 2 years - slightly longer than the period of time Moore's Law would predict for a computing product cycle. This has profound implications, not only for medicine but for food production and international relations. This big news here isn't the advance in technology, but intact bone marrow, without it all cloning regardless of technology probably wouldn't of happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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