Scientist Tries To Bring The Woolly Mammoth Back From The Dead | Mach | NBC News

Harvard geneticist Dr. George Church has been using a gene editing tool called CRISPR to try to bring the woolly mammoth back from the dead. They call it de-extinction.

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Scientist Tries To Bring The Woolly Mammoth Back From The Dead | Mach | NBC News

[GRANOLA]

That means we can make the Ice Age movies live action

[marvinyap]

When he said “old friends” I’m like “ friends we caused most of them to go extinct”

[andresvillanueva]

The Woolly Mammoth didn't go extinct 10, 000 years ago. Their most recent remains that were found were as old as 3, 000 years. So they might have died off 3, 000 - 2, 000 years ago.

[Timbrock]

Woolly Mammoth coming soon.  Next stop, JURASSIC PARK!!

[gilgamesh]

Yay now my favorite character from ice age is coming 😂😂😂

[CoreyStudios]

They should bring back pureblooded Woolly mammoths.

[hmbtfdcu]

Man if they’re resurrecting woolly mammoths, I would like to see saber tooth cats back to life! If only they can do the same to dinosaurs and if they do, this would be like real life Jurassic World and we’re in the movie that is real life!

[sunstorm]

I'm waiting for them to use CRISPR to make miniature elephants. That should be pretty easy, and they'd be popular pets.

[Seekarr]

The Pyrenean Ibex was actually brought back to life once already, but the specimen died in minutes due to lungs which didn't correctly function.

[GuitarZombie]

This is indeed more bad news. They have no idea what is the end of this

[bonniecataldo]

Cloning a Mammoth is possible but they will be different then they were a long time ago half Asian half Mammoth.

[Hey_its_Koda]

I hope we could bring back the sabertooth and the shortnose bear.

[Jeanne]

I'm torn between actually cloning them and leaving them be.

[abominableyeti]

this guy kind of looks like zachary comstock from bioshock infinite

[samalass]

Is there anywhere i can learn to edit genes?

[theo]

If they can make the Dodo bigger then its bassicly a dinasour

[joealanouf]

It wont be a mammoth though. It will be turning a eliphent into a mommoth.

[yellowcheetah]

We are not bringing any T. rex back right 😳

[tenshowckd]

Even they bring back it
Hunters is still their waiting

[cheyenne]

WTF what about the other animals that was extinct