Uniindia: Melbourne, Aug 17 (UNI) Researchers in Australia and the US are embarking on a multi-million dollar project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction, the media reported.
Melbourne, Aug 17: Researchers in Australia and the US are embarking on a multi-million dollar project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction, the media reported. The last known one, officially called a thylacine, died in the 1930s. The team behind the bid say it can be recreated using stem cells and gene-editing technology, and the first thylacine could be reintroduced to the wild in 10 years’ time, the BBC report said. Other experts are sceptical and suggest de-extinction […]