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Extinct Species Returned to Life
Hypatia	#1 Posted on 03/17/2013 15:41
Posts: 2398 Joined: 08/04/2008	They used "non-living genetic material" preserved from the gastric-brooding frog to do this. Hmmm. Wow. Scientists from the University of New South Wales are reporting that they have just successfully created a living embryo of an animal which has been extinct for three decades -- a breakthrough which could eventually be used to revive other species previously wiped from existence. [url]http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/scientists-successfully-create-living-embryo-extinct-species.html[/url] Gastric-brooding frog: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric-brooding_frog[/url]


Cynic	#2 Posted on 03/17/2013 15:46
Major Member Posts: 774 Joined: 09/20/2008	We'll see if they got the epigenetics right, but still cool.

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