de-extinction
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What It Will Take to Create 21st-Century Mammoths, Dodos, and Thylacines
Colossal Biosciences has generated a flurry of headlines in recent years, as the ‘de-extinction’ company announced plans to resurrect the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and, most recently, the dodo bird, developing a bioengineering toolkit along the way that has prompted investment from outfits like In-Q-Tel, a CIA-funded venture capital firm. Colossal has also acquired…
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The Tasmanian Tiger Could Be Brought Back From Extinction Thanks to Melbourne Scientists
The University of Melbourne has partnered with a genetic engineering company to bring the Tasmanian Tiger back from the dead.
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The Quest To Resurrect An Extinct Animal Without Cloning
Before there was the cow, there was the auroch, a sinewy beast that roamed Eurasia by the millions. And over thousands of years, humans bred the creature into the millions of milk-and-steak-machines we have today. The last auroch, however, died in the 17th century. A group of scientists now want to bring back the auroch…