Scientists uncover frozen mammoth, blood flows out

A Siberian expedition finds a well-preserved woolly mammoth. When scientists investigate, blood comes running out, lending hope to an ambitious cloning project.

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Fascinating, Thanks Shawn.

Well then....

Wow.

Thanks, Shawn. A nice break from the "usual" news.

As all science, I find this fascinating as well. I remember watching a video named "Raising The Mammoth".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhwd1waacuE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I don't think they were successful in extracting DNA from this beast. Perhaps they'll have better luck this time. From what I understand they would clone this via an elephant, then eventually breed the elephant out in subsequent offspring.

This project would make some millions. I for one would pay to go see such a beast. I'm hoping they'll be careful, though, for sometimes "its not nice to play with Mother Nature" as we saw in Jurassic Park.

Lol! I'd be curious as to what to meat would taste like. I enjoy Beefalo myself.

They should be really careful.

Frozen bacteria can reanimate & multiply.

A mammoth that died from a disease could introduce that disease into the modern world in theory.

There is probably nothing to worry about though.

medab1 said:

They should be really careful.

Frozen bacteria can reanimate & multiply.

A mammoth that died from a disease could introduce that disease into the modern world in theory.

There is probably nothing to worry about though.

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Yes. Scientifically worry is one thing, but probably is another. Let's hope they test everything thoroughly before making any vital decisions.

Uh oh :shock:

What if they found a human in the same sort of condition?

Any qualms about trying to clone him/her?

medab1 said:

They should be really careful.

Frozen bacteria can reanimate & multiply.

A mammoth that died from a disease could introduce that disease into the modern world in theory.

There is probably nothing to worry about though.

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SIW2 said:

Uh oh :shock:

What if they found a human in the same sort of condition?

Any qualms about trying to clone him/her?

medab1 said:

They should be really careful.

Frozen bacteria can reanimate & multiply.

A mammoth that died from a disease could introduce that disease into the modern world in theory.

There is probably nothing to worry about though.

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That's why places like Area 51 exist.

That what I was thinking too, you don't play around with Mother Nature like that. I don't believe there is a niche available anymore for wooly mammoths to survive other than an artificial environment.

One would be nice though.

Frank1 said:

My personal opinion is that we have gone too far in somebranches of science. I have a big problem with Cloning. We better be verycareful.

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Anything and everything could be used for good or evil. For example, since this is a tech forum I point out that the douchebag that stole my identity bought the info from a hacker. Took me weeks to get it straighten out with the credit card companies.

Cloning is a good thing if done properly. We could extend people's lives by replacing their organs. Some people keep their cars running on and on and on for millions of mileage because they keep replacing the parts with fresh new parts. We can do the same with the human body.

I think it has to do with common sense. Cloning body parts is a good thing. Cloning people with the possibility of developing into sentient beings for experimentation or organ harvesting is a bad thing.

A lot of people are often confused by simple logic like the one above. For example, people often chant about how war is always bad. It makes a good soundbite. Does anyone actually argue that the US shouldn't have entered WW2?

I think science should pursue cloning technology. There's a lot of potential for good. People just need to use common sense to know which line not to cross.

That said, I think they should clone a mammoth, if not for anything than to study a prehistoric creature.