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To: mlc9852; CarolinaGuitarman
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Following the discovery of 70-million-year-old soft tissue from a Tyrannosaurus rex less than a month ago, the same group of researchers announced today they not only have isolated dinosaur DNA -- the blueprint of life -- but implanted the DNA into a growing frog embryo. ...

Dinosaur DNA Said Implanted Into Frog

Friday, April 1, 2005
...

"It does sound something out of a sci-fi movie, but I assure you this is no April Fool's joke," Higby said.

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That's embarassing.
71 posted on 04/13/2006 6:08:03 AM PDT by dread78645 (Evolution. A dying theory since 1859.)
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Funny. But the frogs they're using should have been part of the headline, too.:

She added that if the creature inside the frog grows to be too large for the frog's womb, they have researchers on hand to remove the embryo and continue it's gestation outside the frog, similar to techniques performed at Duke University's School of Medicine.

Bolding mine.
74 posted on 04/13/2006 6:34:26 AM PDT by Gumlegs
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