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Harvard Scientists Working on Bringing Back the Wooly Mammoth.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 1:06 pm
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The woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth 4,000 years ago, but now scientists say they are on the brink of resurrecting the ancient beast in a revised form, through an ambitious feat of genetic engineering.
...“Our aim is to produce a hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo,” said Prof George Church. “Actually, it would be more like an elephant with a number of mammoth traits. We’re not there yet, but it could happen in a couple of years.”
The creature, sometimes referred to as a “mammophant”, would be partly elephant, but with features such as small ears, subcutaneous fat, long shaggy hair and cold-adapted blood. The mammoth genes for these traits are spliced into the elephant DNA using the powerful gene-editing tool, Crispr.
That sounds cool, but I guess they needed more than cool to get funding.
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Church, a guest speaker at the meeting, said the mammoth project had two goals: securing an alternative future for the endangered Asian elephant and helping to combat global warming. Woolly mammoths could help prevent tundra permafrost from melting and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
“They keep the tundra from thawing by punching through snow and allowing cold air to come in,” said Church. “In the summer they knock down trees and help the grass grow.”
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We may never get a Jurassic Park, but I bet zoos in 30 years will have animals nobody today has ever seen alive.
This post was edited on 2/17/17 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 1:13 pm to TigerinATL
So I get the good of allowing grass to grow, but not sure how knocking down trees helps prevent global warming.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 1:14 pm to TigerinATL
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We may never get a Jurassic Park, but I bet zoos in 30 years will have animals nobody today has ever seen alive.
Seems like a great idea until we start re-adding animals that probably SHOULD be extinct. I've seen those little nimble side-ear-flapping dinosaurs in Jurassic Park look cute till they spit out toxins and ate the fat guy trying to steal the eggs.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 1:47 pm to TigerinATL
I wonder how introducing an entire new species will affect the ecosystem.
I guess examples would be when a non-native species finds new habitat, such as Tiger Shrimp invasion in the gulf of Mexico.
Tiger Shrimp Invasion
I guess examples would be when a non-native species finds new habitat, such as Tiger Shrimp invasion in the gulf of Mexico.
Tiger Shrimp Invasion
Posted on 2/17/17 at 2:20 pm to DoubleDown
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Seems like a great idea until we start re-adding animals that probably SHOULD be extinct. I've seen those little nimble side-ear-flapping dinosaurs in Jurassic Park look cute till they spit out toxins and ate the fat guy trying to steal the eggs.
frick that. I want to go on dinosaur safari and take down a raptor.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 2:48 pm to TigerinATL
I mean what could possibly go wrong???
Posted on 2/17/17 at 2:49 pm to ItNeverRains
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frick that. I want to go on dinosaur safari and take down a raptor.
You want them to bring dinosaurs back from extinction...so you can kill one?
Posted on 2/17/17 at 4:01 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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You want them to bring dinosaurs back from extinction...so you can kill one?
well yeah. you don't want to shoot a pterodactyl?
Posted on 2/17/17 at 4:19 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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You want them to bring dinosaurs back from extinction...so you can kill one?
We'll bring back 3.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 4:31 pm to TigerinATL
can anyone tell me exactly what we can currently achieve in genetic science?
Can't you make designer babies? Ive heard there are places you can go and pick the eye color of the baby. Is this true?
What about pets?
Can I ask for a French bulldog with grey hair and blue eyes?
We have cloned animals right?
We genetically modified out food?
What are our current limits with humans and pets?
Can't you make designer babies? Ive heard there are places you can go and pick the eye color of the baby. Is this true?
What about pets?
Can I ask for a French bulldog with grey hair and blue eyes?
We have cloned animals right?
We genetically modified out food?
What are our current limits with humans and pets?
Posted on 2/17/17 at 4:45 pm to MLSter
quote:Ethics, mostly.
What are our current limits with humans and pets?
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:57 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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You want them to bring dinosaurs back from extinction...so you can kill one?
Posted on 2/18/17 at 6:17 am to ItNeverRains
Donosaurs don't have ears.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 7:41 am to TigerinATL
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This post was edited on 2/18/17 at 7:42 am
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