Is it possible to resurrect an extinct animal like in Jurrasic Park?

Question

Given that we can extract its DNA and then rebuilt the animal with genetic engineering coupled with stem cell technologyu probably?

Answer 1

Right now, no. One day, maybe....I'd say it depends on how long ago the animal dissapeared from the earth, and if there are any similar species alive that could add genetic material and/or gestate the embryos.

There were plans to clone the Tasmanian tiger but they were abandoned due to the difficulty of procuring undamaged DNA from a pup that had been pickled in alcohol 100 years ago. With that, the only animal that is remotely similar is the Tasmanian devil, and that is not an ideal match by any means. I'd think that in the future, perhaps mid-century, it could be done.

But as for dinosaurs, I doubt that will ever happen. The only animals that are remotely like them are birds, and to some extent crocodiles and alligators. Trying to work with millions of years old DNA, assuming you could find a viable trace, would be next to impossible.

Answer 2

We have proven that it is possible to clone an animal using a DNA strand, so long as the DNA strand is complete.
We've seen Dolly the sheep (what do you call a cloned sheep? Ewe again!), and going back ten years or so they cloned an extinct african horse type thing using a zebra as the mother/incubator.
However, cloned animals do have physical problems which compound over time.

That said, theoretically you could clone a dinosaur, assuming you had a complete and viable DNA strand.
However, the atmosphere had an entirely different chemical composition 65 million years back (a lot less oxygen, for one), so any dinosaurs bred into existance today would be unable to survive in out atmosphere.

Answer 3

I think it would be more like Frankenstein than Jurassic Park. I mean, you would have to have some sort of hybrid/mix to bring back an extinct being. It would then not be authentic. Although the thought of a woman birthing a dinosaur because of changing the genetic embryo in her body with T-Rex DNA would make a great B-film.

With an extinct animal carcass, say a frozen woolly mammoth, and the right amount of thunderous electricity and the mind of a mad man, we may be able to restart the heart and give it elephant blood like an oil change to get it up and roaring. This, in my opinion, is more feasible.

Answer 4

I believe the media have led us to thing that cloning is a snap. Actually cloning is very difficult to do. To clone an animal that has been missing from this Earth for millions of years would be even harder. Perhaps they could manufacture the DNA from frog DNA like the movie, but that is just the beginning. They would also have to induce the cell (in which the DNA is injected) to begin multiplying and developing into that organism. It isn't as easy as the movies make it.

Answer 5

No one has ever done it but it remains theoretically possible. I have heard that there is a serious ongoing research attempt to take a cell nucleus from a piece of frozen woolly mammoth tissue and place it in the egg of an elephant and then give birth to a real living woolly mammoth clone! That would be something wouldn't it? It could really happen in the next few years.

Answer 6

Yes, it is possible to resurrect any animal with the properties to about 98% same (properties like the face,a birth mark, etc. not the basic characteristics of the species). Cloning is the simple answer, on a DNA factor.

Answer 7

The extracting its DNA is the hard part. We are unable to find enough viable DNA to start the process.

Answer 8

It would probably be harder than it seems.I wonder why they have'nt created a mammoth?

Answer 9

Maybe

Answer 10

Possible - yes
Ethical - probably not