cloning
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Company Trying to Resurrect a Mammoth Makes a Stem Cell Breakthrough
Colossal Biosciences, which calls itself “the world’s first de-extinction company,” has created stem cells it thinks will hasten the company’s marquee goal of resurrecting the woolly mammoth. The team’s research describing the accomplishment will be hosted on the preprint server bioRxiv. The cells are induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), a type of cell that can…
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Why a Genome Can’t Bring Back an Extinct Animal
Makeshift mammoths and body-double dodos are on the way – but they won’t be the same.
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The CIA Wants to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth
A firm funded by the CIA is the latest investor in Colossal Biosciences.
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This Woman Cloned Her Cat and Oh Boy, There’s a Lot to Unpack Here
Over in the U.S., someone has successfully cloned their beloved cat, and has now answered a bunch of questions in an AMA.