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Re: Clone

I saw a blurb about this earlier today.  Basically, a group of scientists in 
Iowa created an exact copy of a dead gaur by taking the egg of a cow, scraping 
it of its genetic material, and inserting genetic material from a skin cell of 
a dead gaur.

Many of the news reports were discussing how "extinct animals cannot be brought 
back to life this way because live cells are needed."

Hypothetically, though, if DNA was found frozen in good condition from 
something that recently went extinct, say an Irish Elk, then could this method 
work?  If the DNA was in good condition, then HYPOTHETICALLY this would be 
possible.  The DNA from the dead gaur was kept fresh by being frozen, if I 
recall correctly.  

To my knowledge, a complete strand of frozen DNA from any kind of prehistoric 
species of organism has not been found.  Perhaps I am wrong.  But if some is 
found, then perhaps this method would work.

Then, to start the morality debate....

Steve

>>Patrick Norton posted this link:
>>http://www.msnbc.com/msn/473843.asp
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