Scientists reactivate cells from 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth

[Just AnotherPerson]

Oh great... Yeah it is cool that they could reactivate a 28,000 year old cell and all, but please dont start trying to resurect stuff like the dinosaurs. LoL anyways crazy story.

See more at the link https://bigthink.com/surprising-scie...1#rebelltitem1

Excerpt:

A team of Japanese and Russian scientists has successfully "reawakened" cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth, according to a study published Monday in Scientific Reports.

The cells came from an extraordinarily well-preserved woolly mammoth discovered in Siberian permafrost in 2012 and nicknamed "Yuka". Using a process called nuclear transfer, the scientists took nucleus-like structures from Yuka and implanted them into mouse oocytes, which are highly specialized cells that facilitate embryonic development. The scientists then used a live-cell imaging technique to observe how the structures reacted in their new environment. They saw traces of biological activity.

"I was looking under the microscope at night while I was alone in the laboratory," 90-year-old Akira Iritani, a co-author on the new study who's spent years working toward resurrecting the woolly mammoth, told CNN. "I was so moved when I saw the cells stir. I'd been hoping for this for 20 years."

[Peter1469]

If scientists can do it, they will. Somewhere.

[Sergeant Gleed]

That's a very good first step to cloning mammoths and undoing the damage to the environment the Native Americans did. Yeah, I know that was a Siberia mammoth of some kind, just try to stick with the narrative, okay?

The next step will be more dangerois. Reaching inside a female elephant to harvest some ova so they can start the cloning process.

Or would it be more dangerous to put them back in?