Posted on 01/17/2011 7:17:28 PM PST by Germanicus Cretorian
Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using cloning technology to bring the ancient pachyderm back to life in around five years time.
The researchers will try to revive the species by obtaining tissue this summer from the carcass of a mammoth preserved in a Russian research laboratory, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.
"Preparations to realise this goal have been made," Akira Iritani, leader of the team and a professor emeritus of Kyoto University, told the mass-circulation daily.
Under the plan, the nuclei of mammoth cells will be inserted into an elephant's egg cell from which the nuclei have been removed, to create an embryo containing mammoth genes, the report said.
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Yes, we can’t have that Heinz BBQ sauce, that would be blasphemy.
I’d suggest using a front end loader for constructing the firepit, has to a be a big one heh.
Rosie O’Donnel and Joyce Behar may finally find love. Is that really worth our tax dollars?
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