The Harvard - based team, led by Dr. George Church, is currently using CRISPR genome engineering to copy - and - paste DNA from the mammoth genome into living elephant cell cultures (fibroblasts). (reviverestore.org)
«Forty - five mammoth genes in elephant cells, more than 4000 to go!» (medium.com)
They found that elephant cells exposed to radiation self - destruct at twice the rate of healthy human cells and more than five times the rate of Li - Fraumeni cells (14.6 %, 7.2 %, and 2.7 %, respectively). (sciencedaily.com)