News Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf (1 Viewer)

[Pirioca]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/07/science/dire-wolf-de-extinction-cloning-colossal/index.html

 

[centen]

Science is cool.

 

[Somnia]

I also hope they will be able to resurrect the dodo birds, but the child in me really would love if they could bring back dino's, but alas the DNA of those expired

 

[athenaaa]

I wonder what other animals will be resurrected in the future

 

[Nina]

Love this. Ghost won't be alone anymore.

 

[Pirioca]

Sometimes I have very strange ideas...

Why Don't Chimpanzees Get Cancer?

Why are diseases like cancer so common in humans but so rare in chimps?

indianapublicmedia.org

You may have heard that humans and chimpanzees have something like 96 percent of our DNA in common. So why, then, are diseases like cancer so common in humans but so rare in chimps? If our DNA is nearly identical, shouldn't we be at risk for many of the same diseases?

DNA Methylation

According to one study, the difference is due to something called DNA methylation, which involves the chemical modification of DNA. Basically, methylation modifies some DNA positions in the genome, and can also signal cells to switch specific genes to the "off" position.

Evidently, humans and chimps have different patterns of DNA methylation. So even though we may share many of the same genes, the ways our cells switch these common genes on and off differs.

And because at least some of these genes are linked to diseases including cancer, variations in the way DNA methylation happens among humans and chimps may help explain why chimps seem to avoid diseases common in humans.

It's ethically questionable. But going one step back in evolution in some parts of our DNA could let us finally win the battle against cancer.

 

[Pirioca]

I wonder what other animals will be resurrected in the future

I already can see the petition: "Please give us girls with cat ears!"

 

[Pirioca]

I also hope they will be able to resurrect the dodo birds, but the child in me really would love if they could bring back dino's, but alas the DNA of those expired

What if they could make a T.Rex out of a chicken?

The ‘Chicken-T. Rex Connection’— Demystified By A Biologist

Science has uncovered some incredible connections between the chickens you'd find on a farm and one of the most famous predators to have ever walked the Earth—T. Rex.

www.forbes.com

The future will be weirder.

 

[Somnia]

What if they could make a T.Rex out of a chicken?

The ‘Chicken-T. Rex Connection’— Demystified By A Biologist

Science has uncovered some incredible connections between the chickens you'd find on a farm and one of the most famous predators to have ever walked the Earth—T. Rex.

www.forbes.com

The future will be weirder.

I'd want one as a T-rex is my favorite dino too

 

[Pirioca]

I'd want one as a T-rex is my favorite dino too

When they start resurrecting Velociraptors, I'll leave this planet.

 

[Somnia]

When they start resurrecting Velociraptors, I'll leave this planet.

That will not happen I am sure, but I mean, if people want one they can just go into a chicken coop and face an aggressive rooster, they will act just the same with their claws slicing and dicing, only thing they don't have are the sharp teeth

 

[Selfmate]

house stark is back on the menu boys!!!

 

[StirFriedPanda]

Guess they never saw Jurassic park... Get ready for running and screaming....

 

[dark_tranquility]

Next dinosaurs???

 

[gone4good]

Next dinosaurs???

 

[Pirioca]

Next dinosaurs???

Quote from the article I posted above:

Colossal has been working toward resurrecting the mammoth, dodo and Tasmanian tiger since 2021, but the company had not previously publicized its work on dire wolves.

They found DNA in frozen mammoths, so guess who may return next.

https://www.science.org/content/article/stunning-3d-chromosomes-frozen-mammoths-may-help-resurrect-beasts

I'm not sure about dinosaurs but its possible that some other giants will walk on Earth again.

 

[dark_tranquility]

Quote from the article I posted above:



They found DNA in frozen mammoths, so guess who may return next.

https://www.science.org/content/article/stunning-3d-chromosomes-frozen-mammoths-may-help-resurrect-beasts

I'm not sure about dinosaurs but its possible that some other giants will walk on Earth again.

Oh that's cool nice