Scientists Hope To Clone Extinct Species

[troutman]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/04/japan.mouse.clone/index.html

Japanese scientists have produced clones of mice that have been dead and frozen for 16 years -- a feat that could lead researchers to one day resurrect long-extinct species, such as the mammoth.

[cKy]

I've seen this before, except it took place on an island. Then raptors came. And Newman died.

[octothorp]

I've seen this before, except it took place on an island. Then raptors came. And Newman died.

Are you saying that Japan isn't an island?

[Bertuzzied]

I would love to eat a dodo. I wonder if it tastes like chicken?

[Coach]

I want a pet Brontosaurus!!

[Table 5]

I've seen this before, except it took place on an island. Then raptors came. And Newman died.

i lolled.

[dobbles]

I've seen this before, except it took place on an island. Then raptors came. And Newman died.

kinda ironic we talk about this right after crichton passes away!

[Rathji]

kinda ironic we talk about this right after crichton passes away!

Maybe they should clone him first!

[Locke]

Maybe they should clone him first!

He was a clone...

[Azure]

I can think of better things to clone than a mammoth.

[Canada 02]

I can think of better things to clone than a mammoth.jessica alba's for everyone!

[Russic]

I've seen this before, except it took place on an island. Then raptors came. And Newman died.

LMAO

So the animal would have to be frozen, I suppose that makes sense. That may kill my lifelong dream of owning a caveman though. Perhaps I'll settle for one of those frozen Himalayan dudes ...

[arsenal]

jessica alba's for everyone!
:yay: can i have a Jessica Biel too?

[Locke]

:yay: can i have a Jessica Biel too?

Now you've just gone mad with power.

[cKy]

Are you saying that Japan isn't an island?


pfft, Japan is a mythical land that doesn't actually exist.

Hahaha... imagine Jurassic Park with Samurai's! a Ninja vs a Raptor... RAD!

[4X4]

Homer: Are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad, those all come from the same animal.
Homer: Heh heh heh. Ooh, yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

[Got Miikka?]

I agree with those that feel this technology must only be used for Good and in the interests of making the world a better place: cloning hot dead girls. Marilyn Monroe was not bad. I'll take 2.

[Prototype]

I've seen this before, except it took place on an island. Then raptors came. And Newman died.

"Hold on to your butts" - Samuel L. Jackson

[Bertuzzied]

"Hold on to your butts" - Samuel L. Jackson

One of my favorite parts of that movie was when Newman hacked the system and had that annoying screen saver popped up on Samuel L. haha.

Ah ah ah. You didn't say the magic word. PLEEEZEEEEE!

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[worth]

do we have dna from a mammoth? how are we to actually clone an animal without knowing exactly how it is made up?

[Cheese]

Ooooooooo...my Grandmther will be happy to hear this! I wonder what my cloned Grandfather would say though?

[rogermexico]

Geez, Michael Crichton isn't even cold yet and we've already forgot all his dire warnings...

[flip]

do we have dna from a mammoth? how are we to actually clone an animal without knowing exactly how it is made up?

I'm sure whatever they don't have Rosie O'Donnell will fill in the missing links nicely.

[Russic]

do we have dna from a mammoth? how are we to actually clone an animal without knowing exactly how it is made up?

I would assume we have mammoths frozen to the extent that their dna is pretty much in tact. Then again I know absolutely nothing of science or archeology, so perhaps I'm not the best guy to be offering opinion on the matter.

[RougeUnderoos]

This is neato and all, but really, what's the point? What are we gonna do with a mammoth (or anything else they can come up with to clone)?

[Locke]

do we have dna from a mammoth? how are we to actually clone an animal without knowing exactly how it is made up?

Fill it in with frog DNA silly. Everyone knows that. How did you pass elementary Mad Science?

[Prototype]

This is neato and all, but really, what's the point? What are we gonna do with a mammoth (or anything else they can come up with to clone)?

Capitivty is better than extiction. We have to teach the youth about the past, by cloning it, and putting it in a cage, with electric fences, which some fatso will shut off during a tropical storm.

[North East Goon]

I'm sure whatever they don't have Rosie O'Donnell will fill in the missing links nicely.

That is gold - gold I tell ya!

[blankall]

do we have dna from a mammoth? how are we to actually clone an animal without knowing exactly how it is made up?

Serioiusly though they do find fully frozen mammoths all the time in siberia.

These mammoths have been frozen thousands of years though and the mice in the experiment only 15. I'm guessing the DNA from these mammoth's isn't quite as intact as the mice.

[Five-hole]

Wouldn't the bigger problem be "birthing" this mammoth rather than how intact the DNA is?

[Knut]

Wouldn't the bigger problem be "birthing" this mammoth rather than how intact the DNA is?

^^^ see Rosie O'Donnell above

[CaptainCrunch]

Just think of the applications

I could have 10 of me working 10 different jobs while I reap the benefits.

I could clone my enemy a 100 times and kill each in a more grizzly way while letting the original guy survive ( I mean really its not murder if you kill a clone)

I could have my best friend build a drone army in his back yard, then we could fight a sham war which would end of with me as the supreme leader of our neighbourhood watch program.

For those moments of self loathing I could punch myself in the face.

When my buddies ask me to help them move, I could send a clone.

I could become rich by making a 1000 copies of myself and sending them out to sperm doner clinics at $50.00 a shot.

Awesome

[photon]

Getting complete DNA from a frozen mammoth is probably impossible, but maybe enough could be recovered to do something with it. Some parts of the DNA haven't changed in a very long time, the stuff that controls other genes to control things like bilateral symmetry, or put an eye here, or put the nerve cord along the back, all is pretty much the same among all forms of similar kinds of life. You can take the gene that says "put an eye here" from a mouse and put it in a fly and it will still create the eye just as it should (the fly eye I mean, the actual makeup of the eye is controlled by other genes).

So I think it depends on what genes are lost and what genes are recoverable.

[Thor]

I'm going to watch Multiplicity again!

[Ford Prefect]

nm

[icarus]

Getting complete DNA from a frozen mammoth is probably impossible, but maybe enough could be recovered to do something with it. Some parts of the DNA haven't changed in a very long time, the stuff that controls other genes to control things like bilateral symmetry, or put an eye here, or put the nerve cord along the back, all is pretty much the same among all forms of similar kinds of life. You can take the gene that says "put an eye here" from a mouse and put it in a fly and it will still create the eye just as it should (the fly eye I mean, the actual makeup of the eye is controlled by other genes).

So I think it depends on what genes are lost and what genes are recoverable.Yeah HOX genes should be okay. Most of the DNA would be unrecoverable but if you have a whole frozen mammoth I bet you could find one somatic cell with DNA still intact. I have little doubt they could do it... eventually. I see the main hurdle being the telomeres, people think that was responsible for Dolly's poor health and she was cloned from living DNA.

[Yeah_Baby]

"Oooh, Ahhhh. That's how it always starts. Then, there's running and screaming."

[TheyCallMeBruce]

We're doomed!!!

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[worth]

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