Japanese clone mouse from frozen cell, aim for mammoths

November 4th, 2008 in Biology /
A cloned mouse (left) created with a new technology by using a frozen dead cell of a mouse

This handout picture, released by Japan natural science research center shows a cloned mouse (left) created with a new technology by using a frozen dead cell of a mouse

Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had created a mouse from a dead cell frozen for 16 years, taking a step in the long impossible dream of bringing back extinct animals such as mammoths.

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