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Offline Nuclear1

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Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
on: January 17, 2011, 11:51:29 am
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110117/wl_asia_afp/japansciencemammoth

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TOKYO (AFP) – 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.
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 12:06:01 pm
lol **** u, god
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #2 on: January 17, 2011, 12:20:04 pm
I'm skeptic about this. Sure, whatever the outcome of this experiment, conclusions will be drawn and science will move forward, though I highly doubt the first attempt will be successful. Cloning sheep and "resurrecting" a mammoth like this are two different things.
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #3 on: January 17, 2011, 12:55:50 pm
This will end with a mutated giant mammoth/spider hybrid terrorisng the planet Cloverfield style if you ask me.....
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #4 on: January 17, 2011, 01:04:02 pm
This reminds me of a book called Ilium by Dan Simmons...
 

Offline Nuclear1

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #5 on: January 17, 2011, 01:04:41 pm
Quote from: Dekker on January 17, 2011, 12:55:50 pm
mutated giant mammoth/spider hybrid

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #6 on: January 17, 2011, 01:18:25 pm
Quote from: iamzack on January 17, 2011, 12:06:01 pm
lol **** u, god

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Quote from: Nuclear1 on January 17, 2011, 11:51:29 am
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110117/wl_asia_afp/japansciencemammoth

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TOKYO (AFP) – 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.

If any nation other than Japan was doing this, I wouldn't be worried.  :P
 

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #7 on: January 17, 2011, 01:24:01 pm
As something with a biology several million years out of date with current bacteria, I wonder if there'll be a pool on how long before they all die of something ;)
 

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #8 on: January 17, 2011, 01:24:54 pm
:yes: AWESOME. :yes2:
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #9 on: January 17, 2011, 01:26:05 pm
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #10 on: January 17, 2011, 02:45:13 pm
Quote from: Flipside on January 17, 2011, 01:24:01 pm
As something with a biology several million years out of date with current bacteria, I wonder if there'll be a pool on how long before they all die of something ;)

The woolly mammoth went extinct around 4000 years ago.
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #11 on: January 17, 2011, 02:47:37 pm
They should probably clone more than one, just so that their genetic eggs aren't all in one basket.
 

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #12 on: January 17, 2011, 02:56:57 pm
They should clone a bunch and then make Mammoth Island and then give the mammoths rocket launchers
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #13 on: January 17, 2011, 03:00:02 pm
Quote from: iamzack on January 17, 2011, 02:56:57 pm
They should clone a bunch and then make Mammoth Island and then give the mammoths rocket launchers

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #14 on: January 17, 2011, 03:20:35 pm
No no no.  They need to strap a pair of tank cannons onto each of them so we can have Mammoth Tanks.
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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #15 on: January 17, 2011, 03:49:06 pm
Quote from: rscaper1070 on January 17, 2011, 02:45:13 pm
Quote from: Flipside on January 17, 2011, 01:24:01 pm
As something with a biology several million years out of date with current bacteria, I wonder if there'll be a pool on how long before they all die of something ;)

The woolly mammoth went extinct around 4000 years ago.

For some reason I read "dinosaur" :nervous:
 

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #16 on: January 17, 2011, 03:53:00 pm
Oh no there goes Tokyo. Go go woolie mammoth. 

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #17 on: January 17, 2011, 06:08:34 pm
Quote from: Flipside on January 17, 2011, 03:49:06 pm
Quote from: rscaper1070 on January 17, 2011, 02:45:13 pm
Quote from: Flipside on January 17, 2011, 01:24:01 pm
As something with a biology several million years out of date with current bacteria, I wonder if there'll be a pool on how long before they all die of something ;)

The woolly mammoth went extinct around 4000 years ago.

For some reason I read "dinosaur" :nervous:

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #18 on: January 17, 2011, 06:14:57 pm
Quote from: SpardaSon21 on January 17, 2011, 03:20:35 pm
No no no.  They need to strap a pair of tank cannons onto each of them so we can have Mammoth Tanks.

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Re: Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Reply #19 on: January 17, 2011, 06:24:02 pm
This might actually be feasible since mammoths do have distant relatives still alive.
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