Frozen Mice Cloned

m0rphin3 writes "Japanese scientists have cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long as 16 years and said on Monday it may be possible to use the technique to resurrect mammoths and other extinct species. Could we finally see Jurassic Park become a reality, or perhaps use this for colonizing other galaxies?"

Comments

Re:Not that interesting

[mr_mischief]

The point is that they didn't do anything special to protect the cells against the damage of freezing. They took a mouse that was frozen just the way an animal would be frozen after death in the wild and worked around the damage freezing causes. The current cloning processes all use an intact healthy cell from an adult. This proves that's not necessary.

michael crichton just died

[Digitus1337]

It's interesting that you mention this; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/05/print/main4575403.shtml .

Michael Crichton died today

[kentrel]

RIP http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=t&ct=uk/0-0&fp=491182f120c62f7f&ei=XuERScjTB4LAwgGmqZTzBA&url=http%3A//www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/05/print/main4575403.shtml&cid=0&usg=AFQjCNHcr8G0ar1Zy3zr0YIYCdj0c4I2iw

Re:Brilliant!

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

Breaking news! Michael Crichton, the author of the blockbuster science-fiction novel "Jurassic Park," and winner of an Academy Technical Achievement Award has died. He was 66. Truly an American icon.