George Church claims that him and his team are two years away from creating a hybrid embryo combining mammoth traits with Asian elephant DNA. Even though woolly mammoths went extinct 4,000 years ago, church and his team "have managed to splice 45 mammoth edits into Asian elephant DNA, creating elephants with mammoth-like features. The team may have a new embryo in two years, but they want to keep the new mammal in the lab in order to prevent tampering with the reproduction system of the already endangered Asian elephants. Church tells NBC news that "releasing a herd of mammaphants into the Arctic could fight climate change by keeping the Tundra from thawing. 'They will punch down the snow in wintertime allowing cold air to come in."
analysis:
This story originally appeared on Newser and is being re translated by USA today. This article was produced today, February 18, 2017, which means that it is very new and relevant. It's crazy to think that it will only take two years to bring back something that has been extinct for over 4,000 years. It's amazing that scientists have the ability to do things that seem impossible. This article, I believe, is supposed to leave a positive influence on society considering the fact that these new mammaphants could fight climate change.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/18/woolly-mammoths-could-de-extinct-2-years/98089576/
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