Japanese scientists have taken a "significant step" to the return to life of a woolly mammoth

According to Japanese experts, their group is on the verge of the greatest discovery. It can bring back to life the giants that disappeared from the face of the Earth many millions of years ago. In this case, we are talking about woolly mammoths - long extinct representatives of the fauna of the ice age. What gave researchers from Kindai University (Osaka City) the basis for such bold predictions?

First acquaintance with the mammoth Yuka

As follows from an article published on the university’s website, a group of students and teachers involved in the restoration of long-extinct species, used samples of muscle tissue and bone marrow taken from the remains of the well-known mammoth Yuki, lying in the Siberian permafrost for more than 30 thousand. years. It should be noted that for the purity of the experiment, a thorough examination of the samples used was carried out first, and only after confirmation of their authenticity did the work continue.

Bold experiment

As a next step, the researchers introduced the extinct nuclei of mammoth cells into the muscle tissue of living mice, which led to signs of their biological activity. As one of the project managers, Professor Kay Miyamoto, stated in an interview with Tokyo Radio that this gave them good reason to hope for the success of the experiment. The fact is that the recorded biological activity was accompanied by the appearance of structural formations preceding cell division, that is, the further development of an artificially regenerated organism.

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This was only the first stage on the path to the goal, which most modern scientists attribute to the field of fiction, not seeing in it prospects for serious research. Nevertheless, a progress report posted on such a world-famous site as Nature's on-line journal Scientific Report caused a wide public response and contributed to the allocation of funds by the government necessary for further experiments.