This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Honey, I Found This Species at the Back of the Freezer?
For the first time, scientists have been able to create cloned mice from their freeze-dried skin cells (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/05/cloned-mice-created-from-freeze-dried-skin-cells-in-world-first). Using this technology, endangered animal species and their variants could be preserved in freezers. This seems to potentially provide a cheap and easy insurance against extinction! Will the last person on the planet, switch off the freezer?
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