Woolly mammoth nuclei come alive inside mouse cells
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | Tag Cloud Tags: Japan, News, whooly mammoth, Worthy News | Learn about our FREE SYNDICATION Service | Sign up for our Worthy Briefs! | Printer Friendly
(Worthy News) – Researchers in Japan have activated woolly mammoth cell nuclei transplanted in mouse cells.
Scientists extracted cell nuclei from the bone marrow and muscle of a well-preserved, 28,000-year-old mammoth recovered from the Siberian permafrost in 2011. In the lab, researchers implanted the nuclei inside mouse oocytes, ovary cells that can divide to form egg cells. [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]
Fair Use Notice:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.