We will discover new tools, new ways that we can help species that are still alive but in danger of becoming extinct.” ...

The biotech company Colossal Biosciences has long aspired to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, which roamed the Northern Hemisphere thousands of years ago, during the last ice age. But for now, ...

Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses ... “Genes that are linked to fur and fat in well-studied animals like mice are obvious targets, but the devil is in the ...

Although scientists say the woolly mouse project won’t go on indefinitely ... first validation" that they actually can create living animals that have been genetically modified to have woolly ...

The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth—starting with a very furry mouse.

The mice were created by Colossal Biosciences, which edits DNA for species conservation, and has been working to bring back the woolly mammoth since 2021.

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.

The animals will live out their natural life span, and there are no plans to sell them or breed them. Lamm emphasized that the Woolly Mouse was not ... And the altered fat metabolism gene is ...

Enter the mouse, an animal whose genome lends itself to easy ... A mammoth is much more than its fur and its fat, and before one can lumber into the twenty-first century, the scientists will ...

Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists ... “Genes that are linked to fur and fat in well-studied animals like mice are obvious targets, but the devil is in the detail.” ...