Jurassic Park is teh Realz!

[Jase]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gx1pKJwJuvL2CkaDEJjtKIMLmX0Q?docId=CNG.63a88de80b1de58e46110f2810f9802b.8a1

Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years

(AFP) – 11 hours ago

TOKYO — 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, a report said.

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 cells from which the nuclei have been removed to create an embryo containing mammoth genes, it said.

The embryo will then be inserted into an elephant's womb in the hope that the animal will eventually give birth to a baby mammoth.

Researches hope to achieve their aim within five to six years, the Yomiuri said.

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[Hawk]

thank god...I mean...this world is nothing without the mammoth!!!

finally, 88bronco's mom would have a friend

[YoungPanthers89]

cool...i guess

[Jase]

I wonder what a mammoth burger tastes like.

[GritsRgreat]

I wonder what a mammoth burger tastes like.

just like elephant

[Jase]

If advancements continue, will I finally taste a raptor steak?

[YoungPanthers89]

why dont we do this with Velociraptors and have a zoo

[g5jamz]

a zombie mammoth would suck

[Mvp2014]

oh yea, i knew this day would come

[MurkN]

I can't wait until I can get a pet pterodactyl to avoid those pesky airline screenings.

[Captroop]

I hate to sound crass, but thank goodness Japan isn't hindered by moralistic quandries our puritanical society is burdened by, and can actually create the advances we're too busy debating.

Yes, resurrecting the mammoth is perhaps not the most practical example (although undeniably badass), but I have a feeling that something considered controversial here will end up curing cancer or paralysis over there.

[Jangler]

Very practical uses other than food...

[scpanther22]

Seems like we hear this same story every 3 or 4 years.

nothing ever happens.

[stankowalski]

How long before Japan creates a real Godzilla and we get to witness the Japanese running for their lives for real?