LONG-DEAD MICE CLONED, NEXT MAMMOTHS MAY BE NEXT

TOKYO

JAPANESE SCIENTISTS HAVE CLONED MICE WHOSE BODIES WERE FROZEN FO AS LONG AS 16 YEARS, AND SAID ON MONDAY THAT THE TECHNIQUE COULD BE USED TO RESURRECT MOMMOTHS AND OTHER EXTINCT SPECIES.

MOUSE-CLONING EXPERT TERUHIKU WAKAYOMA AND COLEAGUES OF THE CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, AT JAPAN'S FAMED RIHEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN
YOKOHAMA, MANAGED TO CLONE THE MICE EVEN THOUGH THEIR CELLS HAD BURST.

THE SCIENTISTS EXTRACTED A CELL NUCLEUS FROM AN ORGAN OF A DEAD MOUSE AND PLANTED IT INTO AB EGG OF A LIVE MOUSE, LEADING TO BIRTH OF A CLONED
MOUSE, THE RESEARCHERS SAID. THE FINDING WER PUBLISHED IN THE PROCEEDING OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN THE UNITED STATES
-REUTERS,AFP