Have they cloned a woolly mammoth yet?

Question

You know the really well preserved one that they found in a glazier. Will all of the new stem cell technology, I know they can do it, I just don't know if they did it.

Answer 1

Here is the story, and all the details.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/15/tech/main563450.shtml

Answer 2

No.

The more complex the organism, the more difficult the process.

Xlotyls (spelling uknown, "EX-LOT-UHLS") have been cloned since the 60s - I believe they're amphibians. A sheep was cloned a while back. And now, you remember "Re-Pet" from the movie "The Sixth Day" with Arnold Schwarzenegger? - that's a reality - they can do dogs and cats, although one is much more expensive than the other for the reasons mentioned above, and also because of the number of attempts necessary to yield a viable embryo.

A group of people who claims to have spoken to an alien name "Rael" claim that a child in their group is a clone, but they declined to let the public examine him. The "Raelians" say that the child might experience prejudice and too much lime-light. How convenient.

Cloning is very easy to do actually, Hell I could do it. You take an egg, suck out the nucleus, and insert a DNA strand, and bingo - it starts dividing! But what then? What do you use for a womb? What animal is sufficiently compatible with a wooly mammoth? Is there such an animal?

Like I said before: For some reason, the more complicated the organism, the more fragile the process. Maybe the DNA strand is longer so it's brittle and fragments break off.

Although it's been attempted, we have no cases of successful mammoth or human cloning, although I'm positive attempts have been made.

Answer 3

It is not very likely that this has happened, although it is speculated that Japan for example (or at least cloning something prehistoric), may be working on just such as project. The US government seems to have a prejudice against the word cloning, probably due to the recent refocus on religiosity as the ruler of political thought processes, hopefully a passing fancy.

Answer 4

First off, woolly mammoths have ceased to exist. Second of all, we currently have no sufficient data. Thirdly, we haven't tested cloning well enough yet. Lastly, what do you think the consequences might be were we to clone such a behemoth as that?

Answer 5

i am not sure what a glazier is, except maybe someone who works with window glass.

did you perhaps mean glacier?

stem cell technology will not help. if scientists decide to try and replicate the mammoth's dna. that event could provide us with insights into the mammoths life.

it is not probable that a full sized living organism can be produced. but if it was. i will vote for you to be the first meal given to a living wooly mammoth.

Answer 6

It was discussed, but the DNA was partially damaged, not totally complete. Most people thought it was a bad idea, though there have been suggestions of mixing the partial mammoth DNA with modern elephants and seeing if any of the traits are visible..but the final answer would be no.

Answer 7

No. In principle it might be done, depending on whether the enucleated egg cell of a surrogate mother species (probably a modern elephant) would be compatible with the embryonic development of the clone--which is far from certain.

Answer 8

Because theres no real point. It would cost a fortune and cloning isnt perfect

Answer 9

Oh come on....
that isn't going to happen and cells that have been dead that long stay dead.....
Frozen embryos and sperm are different.
Frozen woolly mammoth??? Nah, don't believe that......

Answer 10

if they have its being kept secret--you know the government some things the public don't need to know-imagine mass public going hysteric thinking dinosaurs are alive