As if the 2020s weren¡¯t weird enough, we might see woolly mammoths pounding across the tundra by this decade¡¯s close.
Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotechnology and genetic engineering startup valued at $10 billion, has raised $435 million to ¡°de-extinct¡± the woolly mammoth, a species that hasn¡¯t walked the Earth in over 4,000 years. The company also plans to clone a dodo bird and a Tasmanian tiger.
Colossal made international headlines earlier this month when it announced it had created a genetically modified mouse with a mammoth-like woolly coat. (Alas, no tiny tusks.)
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