{"id":32142,"date":"2020-12-23T21:12:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesensei.com\/?p=32142"},"modified":"2023-12-10T10:38:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T15:38:48","slug":"gene-editing-bringing-back-extinct-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/gene-editing-bringing-back-extinct-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Extinct Animals Science Could Bring Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gene editing has come a long way. What we once thought to be science fiction has become reality. Specifically when it involves something known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. The world mostly knows this by its abbreviated name, CRISPR. What exactly is CRISPR<\/a>? Essentially, it’s a family of DNA sequences that can be found in the genomes of all living creatures, belonging to the prokaryotic organisms. This is an area where you’ll see things like Achaea and even Bacteria. The sequences are formed from DNA fragments of bacteriophages, infected by prokaryotes.<\/p>\n

In layman’s terms, CRISPR allows you to edit DNA overall. When put into action at an early enough stage, one could wipe out possible future medical problems. Things like diabetes and other genetic disorders could be eradicated eventually. Once further advancements are made, gene editing could likely be done among adults to help against viruses or potentially things like cancer! However, it’s not only human beings that can benefit. Animals could also, as CRISPR will offer the opportunity to bring back pretty much any extinct species.<\/p>\n

The possibilities of CRISPR and future gene-editing material is pretty much endless at this point. Now science will be working to bring back some extinct species and potentially could invent others. We felt it might be good to discuss just some of the species that have been discussed.<\/p>\n

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One brown and a white dodo bird. Photo Credit: Daniel Eskridge\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dodo Bird<\/strong><\/h2>\n