The idea of de-extinction has been around for some time now and many have pondered upon it. Now, a startup plans to make this idea a reality by bringing back the woolly mammoth from the dead, thousands of years after it went extinct. The startup is partially funded by Harvard University's renowned geneticist, George Church, and the company is calledThe woolly mammoth roamed the Arctic for thousands of years before eventually going extinct.
show that changing climate conditions forced these freely moving animals into smaller habitats, where human hunting finished them off almost 4000 years ago. Models also show that if it weren't for the hunting, the mammoths could have survived until recently.Either out of guilt or to take the next big leap in science, researchers have been pondering about resurrecting the mammoth.
Since most characteristics are encoded by the sequences in our genomes, the researchers will be able to identify regions in the Asian elephant's genome that differ from the woolly mammoth's. Using CRISPR, the team will then edit the genome of the Asian elephant and verify if the edited cells demonstrate abilities to survive in cold environments. Once this is confirmed, they will insert the editing nucleus in an egg cell and then fertilize it artificially.
But the de-extinction effort is not just for goosebumps. Colossal believes that returning the woolly mammoth to the Arctic grasslands will help in arresting the effects of climate change. In their time, the mammoths traversed vast regions in the Artic and. Restoring the mammoth to its habitat will help in methane suppression and carbon sequestration, thereby helping climate change.
In what might be considered a colossal paradox, the startup raised $15 million from investors who have dabbed in and profited from cryptocurrencies, notorious for their
That sounds incredible! I can't wait to see what scientists discover in this area. resurrectionscience
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JacobusSystems You're saying Jurassic Park actually was a documentary...? 🤔
Let's find out.
So are we taking full bore Jurassic Park original? Or Jurassic Park 3 style?