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Japan hopes to clone a mammoth within next five years
Malaysia Sun
Tuesday 18th January, 2011
In a project that looks like it borrowed material from the movie ‘Jurassic Park’, Japanese scientists are planning to clone preserved genes of the Ice Age mammoth and bring it back to life.
Japanese researchers announced Monday that they will try to bring the extinct mammoth back to life within the next five years, according to Japanese media reports.
The ambitious project was announced by a team led by Akira Iritani, a professor emeritus of Kyoto University. They will attempt to bring the extinct Ice Age creature back to life by using tissue from a carcass preserved in Russia.
This tissue will then be used to clone the ancient pachyderm and the nuclei of mammoth cells will be injected into an elephant’s egg cell, from which the nuclei have been removed.
It is hoped that this will create a mammoth embryo, which will then be inserted into the uterus of an elephant so that the embryo develops and is given birth to as normal.
The huge woolly mammoth died out in the last Ice Age and the elephant is its closest modern relative, though there is no certainty that the plan will work.
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Malaysia Sun
Tuesday 18th January, 2011
In a project that looks like it borrowed material from the movie ‘Jurassic Park’, Japanese scientists are planning to clone preserved genes of the Ice Age mammoth and bring it back to life.
Japanese researchers announced Monday that they will try to bring the extinct mammoth back to life within the next five years, according to Japanese media reports.
The ambitious project was announced by a team led by Akira Iritani, a professor emeritus of Kyoto University. They will attempt to bring the extinct Ice Age creature back to life by using tissue from a carcass preserved in Russia.
This tissue will then be used to clone the ancient pachyderm and the nuclei of mammoth cells will be injected into an elephant’s egg cell, from which the nuclei have been removed.
It is hoped that this will create a mammoth embryo, which will then be inserted into the uterus of an elephant so that the embryo develops and is given birth to as normal.
The huge woolly mammoth died out in the last Ice Age and the elephant is its closest modern relative, though there is no certainty that the plan will work.
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