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THE LAZARUS PROJECT "revived the genome of an extinct species, the gastric-brooding frog, they had also grown embryos containing the bizarre amphibian's DNA - the crucial first step in their attempt to resurrect a dead species ... the Lazarus team could have a gastric-brooding frog hopping back to life in the next few years ... (by) somatic nuclear cell transfer." http://lnkd.in/db6TYPe View in LinkedIn

DE-EXTINCTION OF A FROG. "Famous for giving birth through its mouth .... were able to collect DNA from frozen frog tissue ... Using ... somatic cell nuclear transplantation, they deactivated eggs from the distantly related great-barred frog and swapped the nuclei with that of the gastric-brooding frog." http://lnkd.in/db7hRY6 View in LinkedIn

STEM CELLS, SYNBIO, MAGE, AND DE-EXTINCTION CONVERGE. "Instead of trying to build genomes from scratch, George Church ... created MAGE, a machine that harnesses the natural principles of evolution to do all the heavy lifting ... Billions of different mutant genomes can now be generated per day." http://lnkd.in/duFFnTk View in LinkedIn

BIOTECH STARS COMBINE with iPS and re-genesis on their minds. "The Ark Corporation, is being cofounded by stem-cell pioneer Robert Lanza and Harvard Medical School DNA expert George Church ... the company's real aim is to combine cutting-edge cell biology and genome engineering in order to breed livestock and maybe even create DNA-altered pets." http://m.technologyreview.com/view/512671/a-stealthy-de-extinction-startup/ View in LinkedIn

THE GAP. "There's a big difference between sequencing a Neanderthal genome and actually cloning one. A synthetically produced genome would need to be packaged into chromosomes that can be replicated in a cell, which we don’t know how to do yet ... MAGE, could be used to alter an induced pluripotent stem cell into the genome of a Neanderthal." http://lnkd.in/dMx5dtr View in LinkedIn

CHURCH ON REGENESIS. "The goal of reanimation research is not to make perfect living copies of extinct organisms, nor is it meant to be a one-off stunt ... to adapt existing ecosystems to radical modern environmental changes, such as global warming, and possibly reverse those changes." http://lnkd.in/d9HAGzh View in LinkedIn

MEDIA STORM OVER MISQUOTED "SEARCH FOR SURROGATE MOTHER". "An interview published last week by SPIEGEL with ... George Church has sparked frenetic media speculation about a supposed plan to bring the Neanderthal back from the dead. Church feels his remarks were misinterpreted after they were published in SPIEGEL." http://lnkd.in/drEAhjd View in LinkedIn

AXIOM. If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, the world would be a kitchen. View in LinkedIn

400,000 HUMAN RELATIVE mDNA SEQUENCED. "Oldest hominin DNA sequenced, December 04, 2013: Max Planck researchers sequence the mitochondrial genome of a 400,000-year-old hominin from Spain." http://lnkd.in/d-VdXdp View in LinkedIn

THE FUTURE OF BRINGING BACK THE PAST. "Like it or not, de-extinction technology does have a future. When science is this exciting we just can’t help being curious. After all, who wouldn’t jump at the chance to see a real life woolly mammoth? Whether or not it leads to the all action sci-fi style ending remains to be seen." http://lnkd.in/dXwQzgQ View in LinkedIn