Biologists at Harvard University have decided to resurrect mammoths in two years
Source:
Fellow, Harvard biologist George Church, studying extinct species of animals, 2015 is Woolly Mammoth Revival project, which plans to resurrect the mammoth. The scientist stresses that it is more correct to call such an animal an elephant, with signs of a mammoth. Now scientists believe that they can get the elephant ears and hair like a mammoth, but the embryo they expect to get with the new technology CRISPR/Cas9.
A Team of specialists under the leadership of the Church found and made in the chromosomes of elephants mammoth 45 genes isolated from DNA preserved in the permafrost — this is with reference to the report of the scientist writes Naked Science.
First «mammoth» will develop in the «artificial uterus» — such decision scientists took in order to avoid the risk to animal life. However, some colleagues of the Church have expressed doubts that this method will be effective.
The Church believes that the ability to resurrect the woolly mammoth is, after all, scientists are quite often found in the permafrost remains that contain DNA, and that means a lack of materials that could be comfortable to work, will not.
With a Harvard colleague, agrees and Russian experts, who a couple of years ago that mammoths can be cloned, but also noted that it will have to use a cage of elephants, and to bear the mammoth have a live elephant.
Recommended
Can genes create the perfect diet for you?
Diet on genotype can be a way out for many, but it still has a lot of questions Don't know what to do to lose weight? DNA tests promise to help you with this. They will be able to develop the most individual diet, because for this they will use the m...
How many extraterrestrial civilizations can exist nearby?
If aliens exist, why don't we "hear" them? In the 12th episode of Cosmos, which aired on December 14, 1980, co-author and host Carl Sagan introduced viewers to the same equation of astronomer Frank Drake. Using it, he calculated the potential number ...
Why does the most poisonous plant in the world cause severe pain?
The pain caused to humans by the Gimpi-gympie plant can drive him crazy Many people consider Australia a very dangerous place full of poisonous creatures. And this is a perfectly correct idea, because this continent literally wants to kill everyone w...
Related News
Holograms have ceased to be just science fiction
Holograms popping up all around us. Long-dead rapper Tupac Shakur appeared at the 2012 Coachella music festival. HoloLens from Microsoft is the holodeck from Star trek, allowing the user to interact with 3D objects in augmented re...
Scientists may have discovered why the Earth's core remains a solid
scientists seem to have a new explanation for why earth's core keeps the solid state, despite the fact that its temperature is higher than the surface temperature of the Sun. It turns out that this may be related to the atomic arc...
Astronomers need your help in the search for exoplanets
a team of astronomers led by the us Carnegie institution for science laid out in open access inspiring volume consisting of 61 000 measurements of the so-called Doppler speed 1600 neighboring stars. The researchers invite all inte...
The US plans to go to the moon in 2020
Plans related to the exploration of the moon, in the United States are being hatched for a long time, a few years ago such proposals were received from senators and politicians. Then priorities shifted to Mars, which is up close a...
Brain improvement will make us "less human"
Our children will see how biolucent will certainly become common and familiar to human society. Personalized pharmaceuticals will allow us to change our bodies and minds a powerful and accurate ways, and the side effects they will...
From the Mariana trench, noted elevated levels of toxic pollution
the Results of a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, point to the "extremely elevated levels" of toxic contamination on the ocean floor of the Mariana trench, often known as one of the most remote plac...
Record: India has put into orbit the satellite 104
Today, February 15, the Indian space research organization (ISRO) successfully launched a carrier rocket PSLV-C37 and successfully put into orbit the satellite 104. The launch took place at 7 o'clock in the morning Moscow time, an...
Created one of the most accurate models of the artificial kidney
Before you get to market, any pharmaceutical drug must pass a series of checks on both the efficacy and presence of side effects, which can be extremely unpleasant for the internal organs of our body. As well as any illness before...
NASA relies on permanent space farm
Give the astronaut a bag of food, and you feed him for a day. But teach him how to grow food in space, and he will eat forever — or at least within a 6-month expedition to the International space station. NASA deals with food from...
Google AI taught to be "extremely aggressive" in stressful situations
last year, the famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said that the development of artificial intelligence would be "either the best or worst event for all mankind." We all watched "the Terminator" and we all imagine how apo...
Biologists continue to explore the process of cellular resurrection
Despite the fact that modern science is powerless against the death of the cells of a living organism, some researchers are optimistic about the future and even suggest that one day mankind will be available to a kind of "cellular...
Almost all new power plants of Europe get their energy from renewable sources
last year, the state of the European Union has a bunch of new power plants, with almost all of the produced energy comes from renewable sources. According to the data provided by the Association , 21 of 24 GWh of energy produced i...
Water will increase the battery life
Despite the fact that in the modern us, most often does not suit their capacity, the experts consider it the weakest of their short lifespan. Li-ion batteries last only a few years, after which their capacity begins to decline sha...
Created a brain implant that restores vision
Chip stimulating visual cortex of the brain and creates a simulated view without using his eyes, already Harvard specialists who are going to start to test it on primates in March of this year. In this case, the role of the eye wi...
Experiment: algae survived after 450 days in space
as part of an experiment aboard the International space station two types of naturally occurring algae all the time it is actually in outer space. The experiment was successful: both in the end survived. The results of this study ...
The Hubble telescope helped astronomers to detect the "murder" mega-comet "white dwarf"
the Hubble Space telescope continues to discover interesting. A few days ago him to capture the moment of the death star, located at a distance of over 5000 light years from Earth in the constellation the Poop, and yesterday, astr...
At the University of Oregon made a robot Walker
to Teach the robot to walk on my own two feet — not the easiest task, but Cassie doesn't seem at all tense about it and copes with the task. In the video posted below, the developers of Agility Robotics demonstrate how the r...
Why we hurt from hot and cold?
At first glance, the hot metal of the kettle and ice cube have nothing in common. But these two objects can cause pain. Strong heat and extreme cold have on the human skin is extremely unpleasant effects is that we know from child...
Proxima b: the planet of lost dreams?
we Have some bad news for those who have already planned your trip to the nearest exoplanet to the Earth. According to a new study by the space Agency NASA, planets in the habitable zones of stars-class "red dwarf" — includi...
Under the glaciers of Alaska discovered ancient pyramid
Global warming is undoubtedly a considerable danger to our planet. But there is this phenomenon another, more positive side. Due to the melting of glaciers, researchers had the unique opportunity to see under the ice, ancient pyra...
Comments (0)
This article has no comment, be the first!