Scientists successfully cloned mice that had been frozen for 16 years. In the future this technology will help scientists to bring back extinct species. Before this technology, scientists could only clone by using cells from living animals.
"This is the first time a mammal has been cloned from a sample stored at conditions reasonably close to what might be expected in permafrost,"Teruhiko Wakayama, who led the study, said in a statement.
The idea of cloning extinct animals just gives me the goose bumps talking about it. Technology is advancing everyday - next we know it, there will be mammoths walking around again.
Article and Video from CNN.con/technology on Nov. 4, 2008.
-- Samantha
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Sounds like the science fiction from Jurrasic Park.
Daniel's Dad
humans have actually cloned sheep before by taking the sperm of a male sheep and inserting them into a female sheep. a clone of the male sheep was produced. also, mammothss would probably not be able to be cloned because with the new method of cloning that you talked about in your blog you need a sample of the animal's DNA, but it would be extremely hard to find a DNA sample of a mammoth.
What's a mammoth?
-------3rd Head!!!
Kiran, that's really cool, I had never known! Those humans are taking it way past the next level, and that's great! It shows great creativity and imagination, that's an awesome experiment.
And Samantha, great blog! I liked your specification in describing this exciting experience.
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