Comments on: Mammoth Resurrection http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/11/10/mammoth-resurrection/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:39:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barry Starr http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/11/10/mammoth-resurrection/comment-page-1/#comment-61505 Barry Starr Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:36:17 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=933#comment-61505 For anyone interested, scientists have just published what the DNA of a mammoth looks like (see http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7220/full/456330a.html). Looks like they were pretty inbred and very similar to modern elephants. For anyone interested, scientists have just published what the DNA of a mammoth looks like (see http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7220/full/456330a.html). Looks like they were pretty inbred and very similar to modern elephants.

]]> By: Barry Starr http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/11/10/mammoth-resurrection/comment-page-1/#comment-61254 Barry Starr Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=933#comment-61254 The programming that creates us is incredibly complex. I am no programmer but I imagine that the instructions coded for in a cell are many orders of magnitude beyond any programs out there now. It will be a very long time before we can make a heart from scratch. We may be able to tweak the instructions of a stem cell in the right way to make a heart from that single cell but to create one de novo would be impossible for us right now. The programming that creates us is incredibly complex. I am no programmer but I imagine that the instructions coded for in a cell are many orders of magnitude beyond any programs out there now. It will be a very long time before we can make a heart from scratch.

We may be able to tweak the instructions of a stem cell in the right way to make a heart from that single cell but to create one de novo would be impossible for us right now.

]]> By: twitch http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/11/10/mammoth-resurrection/comment-page-1/#comment-61185 twitch Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:27:46 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=933#comment-61185 i'm no scientist, just a numbers guy. picture the world in simple zeros and ones. if the scientists of the world can simplify the basics of living cells to zeros and ones, cloning will be a simple process of programming and the programmers of the world will become creators. imagine coding yourself a new heart, how about some new eyes? there's definitely a gap between talking about it and being able to do it but realistically humans will go extinct looking for the ability to become creators. i'm no scientist, just a numbers guy. picture the world in simple zeros and ones. if the scientists of the world can simplify the basics of living cells to zeros and ones, cloning will be a simple process of programming and the programmers of the world will become creators. imagine coding yourself a new heart, how about some new eyes? there's definitely a gap between talking about it and being able to do it but realistically humans will go extinct looking for the ability to become creators.

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