And you thought that Jurassic Park was only a movie???
Are they going to blame us for being eating by giant lizards…which were created by mad-scientists in the first place?
How woolly mammoths could roam Earth again:Scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep believes ancient beast CAN be resurrected
- Sir Ian Wilmut said the best way to create a woolly mammoth is to reprogramme good quality cells extracted from frozen mammoths
- But he thinks cloning a mammoth presents many technical challenges and ethical dilemmas
- The Scottish scientist believes the best source of viable cells could come from the bodies of frozen mammoths discovered in the Siberian permafrost
- It could be 50 years before the advanced stem cell technology is available to create a woolly mammoth
Woolly mammoths could roam Earth again, according to one eminent scientist who believes frozen DNA from newly discovered frozen mammoths could be the key to the species’ resurrection.
Stem cell scientist Sir Ian Wilmut who is best known for cloning the world’s first mammal, Dolly the sheep, thinks modern techniques could be used to create a replica of the prehistoric animal.
While he believes the ancient animal could be re-introduced to the world – an idea reminiscent of Jurassic Park – there are ethical dilemmas.
Stem cell scientist Sir Ian Wilmut who is best known for cloning the world’s first mammal, Dolly the sheep, thinks modern techniques could be used to create a replica of a woolly mammoth like Yuka (pictured) who is on display in Japan having been pulled from the Siberian permafrost
Sir Ian said told The Guardian: ‘I’ve always been very sceptical about the whole idea, but it dawned on me that if you could clear the first hurdle of getting viable cells from mammoths, you might be able to do something useful and interesting.’
‘I think it should be done as long as we can provide great care for the animal. If there are reasonable prospects of them being healthy, we should do it. We can learn a lot about them.’
The source of viable mammoth cells could come from a number of frozen bodies discovered in the Siberian permafrost in recent years.