September 11, 2012

Mammoth fragments raise cloning hopes

North-Eastern Federal University said an international team of researchers had discovered mammoth hair, soft tissues and bone marrow some 328 feet (100 meters) underground during a summer expedition in the northeastern province of Yakutia.

Expedition chief Semyon Grigoryev said Korean scientists with the team had set a goal of finding living cells in the hope of cloning a mammoth. Scientists have previously found bones and fragments but not living cells.

Mr Grigoryev told the online newspaper Vzglyad it would take months of research to determine whether they have indeed found the cells.

(Source: futurenow321)

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