[treetopsandroofs]

I don’t understand what a “living cell” is in this context.

[Jonty30]

I think a living cell is a cell that they can still derive viable genetic material from it, not just read its DNA.

Using modern cloning techniques, they can take this viable genetic material and insert it into a fertilized egg of a close living relative, like an elephant, and hopefully give birth to a baby mammoth.