Jurassic Park?

[unforth]

Scientists begin to discuss realistic possibilities of using DNA of extinct animals to produce living ones - not Jurassic Park, actually, in that after 60,000 years DNA is too degraded to be analyzed with enough specificity...but woolly mammoths and many recently extinct animals like dodos may actually be replicable!

Heh, cool.

Comments

[batgirl-raff.livejournal.com]

It does sound super cool...but unfortunately (speaking from experience as a researcher in this field), I think it's extremely unlikely this will take place in the near future. Maybe somewhere down the line....but there are some severe technical issues (which I won't get into) that need to be overcome first. I don't think the NYT really made that clear.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got the impression that it's a real serious long shot - my own knowledge of biology (definitely less than yours!) suggests that too - but before they thought it was completely impossible, so I figure a small chance is way cooler than no chance.