# I, For One, Welcome Our New, Unfrozen Rodent Clone Overlords! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-unfrozen-rodent-clone-overlords/471021 "2008-11-04T09:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-unfrozen-rodent-clone-overlords/471021/1 "2008-11-04T09:43:49Z")
[Japanese scientists clone mice using cells that had been frozen for 16 years.](http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5goB-DaRAXXrB7yYLnezn0Y1xjqng) > [@](#): > > Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had created a mouse from a dead cell frozen for 16 years, taking a step in the long impossible dream of bringing back extinct animals such as mammoths. > > Scientists at the government-backed research institute Riken used the dead cell of a mouse that had been preserved at minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit) – a temperature similar to frozen ground. > > The scientists hope that the first-of-a-kind research will pave the way to restore extinct animals such as the mammoth. > > The findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. [Ford Prefect] Arthur, this is big league stuff. [/FP] One can only hope that in the near future, the hills will be alive with the sound of mammoths. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-unfrozen-rodent-clone-overlords/471021/2 "2008-11-04T11:36:51Z")
But did the mouse still have his “mojo”?