28,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Cells Show Biological Signs Of Life
The 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth was dug out of Siberian permafrost in 2011. Now scientists have found that its DNA is partially intact.
According to Fox News, cells from the 28,000-year-old specimen have shown "signs of biological activities" after being infused into mouse oocytes — cells found in ovaries that are capable of forming an egg cell after genetic division.
"This suggests that, despite the years that have passed, cell activity can still happen and parts of it can be recreated," said study author Kei Miyamoto from the Department of Genetic Engineering at Kindai University. "Until now many studies have focused on analyzing fossil DNA and not whether they still function."
Woolly Mammoths Are Going To Walk The Earth Again
Woolly Mammoths are going to walk the earth again. In 2010, a 39,000-year-old Woolly Mammoth was found in Siberia, Russia. Researchers are hopeful that perhaps they could grab a strand of her DNA and make a clone.
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