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Mammoth to be reborn within four years ?
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T.K. RandallJanuary 14, 2011 ·
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A breakthrough in cloning technology could see a live mammoth being born within just four years.
In 2008 Dr. Teruhiko Wakayama was able to clone a mouse using cells retrieved from another mouse that had been frozen, now the hunt is on for tissue from a frozen mammoth from which it is hoped scientists can clone a living specimen.
Now that hurdle has been overcome, Akira Iritani, a professor at Kyoto University, is reactivating his campaign to resurrect the species that died out 5,000 years ago. "Now the technical problems have been overcome, all we need is a good sample of soft tissue from a frozen mammoth," he told The Daily Telegraph.
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