TRAYZ-DNA-HO! 2014 Puerto Escondido Oax. The Chosen Few Mexico. Graffiti 2014. By: deneascreww … Continue reading →

Michael Jackson - DNA // Happy 56th Birthday Watch In HD ------- Time to end the excitement xD Here's the video we've been telling you about for a few days now, It's finally the time for it to see the light 🙂 First of all, today... By: The MJ Girls … Continue reading →

Genetic engineering could restore the once profuse North American bird after a century or more of extinction PASSENGER PIGEON: The numerous bird went from abundant to extinct in less than 100 years. Louis Agassiz Fuertes The last lonely bird of a species that once numbered three billion or more died on September 1, 1914. Martha, as she was known, had been the last passenger pigeon since her mate George died in 1910. The last of a social species, she lived out her days in solitary confinement in a cage in the Cincinnati Zoo. Her corpsestuffed and primpedcan now be seen at the Smithsonian Institution. But what if the passenger pigeon could be brought back? That's the idea behind de-extinction. Take DNA harvested from specimens stuffed in museum drawers, like Martha. Figure out which genes matter and then use the fast growing field of genetic engineering to edit the DNA of a closely related species into some version of the extinct species. If all goes well, a chimera of the long-lost Martha could be born and, one day, flocks of passenger pigeons could be restored to the regrown eastern North American woodlands. Would-be de-extinction pioneer Ben Novak is working at the … Continue reading →