In an extraordinary Jurassic Park style experiment, they used DNA from an extinct frozen mammoth to bring back to life the major component of mammoth blood.
The prehistoric haemoglobin is shedding new light on how giant creatures survived in the harsh Arctic conditions more than 25,000 years ago.
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Researchers believe the same technique could be used to resurrect body parts and proteins from other extinct animals.
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