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© KYODOJapanese researchers' gene preservation in space could be 'Noah's Ark'
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Mark
"freeze-Dried Sperm"
I like the term and would love to be the first donor to save the Human Race. LOL
snowymountainhell
*“Space Seed”? Season 1 Ep 24, of StarTrek:TOS *heralded the benefits of cryogenics yet, questioned the of ethics, morality and potential dangers of advancing eugenics.
Desert Tortoise
Reminds me of an old move named "Silent Running".
Michael Machida
Instant Sperm?
virusrex
Weird they choose the application that is less practical and that still requires much more optimization for the title of the article, much more mundane processes that involve reproductive manipulation (or even other tissues) could benefit much more easily and quickly from this advancement.
Joe Blow
Great movie.
rainyday
I'm glad I don't do research that requires me to do stuff like this. Just sayin.
Laguna
This is cool. I love mice.
iraira
Lamilly
They divide faster in zero gravity.
jiji Xx
Desert TortoiseToday 07:47 am JST
pretty damned interesting film it was (and is) too.....
however, if we're at the stage that this is necessary (along with the 'doomsday' seed vault in Norway) then we've lost it completely..... and there'll be no-one left to re-establish life-forms....
enolagay
Like Noah’s Ark, except real.
kurisupisu
Keep it in space long enough and three legged mice will be the result!
Sven Asai
That sounds like a sufficient final result already, because we all stem from a rat living in trees (long before those became the known apes in the trees that then came down to ground and walked around and became humans). So we only need to reactivate such mice or rats and wait for some millions of years until repopulated. lol
englisc aspyrgend
Not sure what the utility of establishing a sperm repository in space is? Better to have it on Earth, cheaper and easier access if needed, without the potential hazard of radiation.
Also if we are in that dire a situation that we need it we probably won’t have the resources to access it anyway!
Bill Adams
I'm sorry, but the idea that we need to store these in space is nonsense. Plant seeds are already being preserved very effectively here on Earth. The Millennium Seed Bank in the UK is one example. If we wanted to do the same with animal sperm and eggs then we could do so. But can anyone come up with a scenario where all the Earth-based seed banks are lost and we both need and are able to access those in space?
Samit Basu
Keeping DNA in space is a bad idea due to mutations from solar radiation.
Astronauts traveling to Mars are expected to be exposed to elevated cancer risks due to being exposed to solar radiation for so long.
Radiation risk is reduced near Earth due to magnetic field, but still not completely risk free.
The best place to keep DNA is deep underground.
TrevorPeace
I didn't know the Japanese were aware of Noah. He wasn't Buddhist or Shinto. Weird.