The news that the remains of a mammoth were found in the ice of the Lesser Lyakhovsky Island of the Novosibirsk Archipelago stirred the entire scientific community... this time, scientists were lucky – the animal's carcass was so well preserved that blood, a valuable biological material, can be extracted from it, giving scientists a chance to completely restore the genetic code of the woolly elephant.
"... further, it is purely a technical question. There are no fundamental limitations to cloning a mammoth," says Andrey Tatarenko, Director of Scientific Research at the Center for Innovative Biotechnology "Allel".
... According to experts, a mammoth clone may appear within this decade. And this is no longer sensational fiction, but modern biotechnology.
In a few years, it may become a reality not only to clone prehistoric animals, but also to treat humans at the genetic level.
... "Over the past 10 years, there has been a revolution in reading genetic information: now we can read this book quickly and efficiently. There are specific areas where this medicine will be in demand even more than traditional medicine," says Doctor of Biological Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Genomics and Epigenomics of Vertebrates at the Center for "Bioengineering" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yegor Prokhorchuk.
... A number of methods from the future are already available today. They save lives, preserve health, and are even capable of predicting the future.