Successful experiments were conducted by biologists from Kindai University. They transplanted the nuclei of cells into the eggs of mice, which they extracted from the bone and muscle tissue of a mammoth named Yuka, which had lain in the permafrost for 28 thousand years. The resulting "constructs" demonstrated biological activity - one that indicates that cells are about to start dividing. Not one, however, never started. But experts believe that they will achieve this too. And there it will be, as they say, a stone's throw to cloning.
The head of experiments Kei Miyamoto emphasized that biological activity manifested itself after tens of thousands of years. This indicates that the cells have retained their "vitality." Which, in fact, inspires hope for the resurrection of furry giants.
Of course, it is not a mouse that will eventually give birth to a mammoth, but an elephant - a surrogate mother, into whose egg the genetic material of an extinct animal will be introduced. The method of reviving mammoth cells is being worked out on mice.
The carcass of a mammoth Yuka was found in Siberia.
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The carcass of a baby mammoth was found on the coast of the Laptev Sea. She was in a grotto formed as a result of melting permafrost, near the village of Yukagir.
The length of the mammoth during its life was about 2 meters, weight - 200-250 kilograms, age - about 10 years.
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It is believed that mammoths became extinct from 10 to 4 thousand years ago.
Author: VLADIMIR LAGOVSKY