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Why are we so obsessed with bringing back the woolly mammoth?

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them — has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal Biosciences — an American for-profit de-extinction startup headed by geneticists George Church and Beth Shapiro — announced two major…

The Conversation

"De-extincting" species is a distraction

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act

Salon

‘It won’t end like Jurassic Park!’ The man who wants to bring the mammoth and dodo back to life

Ben Lamm of ‘de-extinction’ specialist Colossal Biosciences not only has plans to bring back prehistoric creatures, but also preserve those on the verge of vanishing

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“I’ve Seen Jurassic Park”: Skepticism After Biotech Firm Edges Closer To Resurrecting Mammoths

"This is probably the most significant step in the early stages of this project," said George Church, a geneticist at Harvard University. The post “I’ve Seen Jurassic Park”: Skepticism After Biotech Firm Edges Closer To Resurrecting Mammoths first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth

Scientists at a biotech company say they have created a key stem cell for Asian elephants that could help save the endangered species and become a steppingstone for bringing back the woolly mammoth.

WEKU

Are you ready to embrace this brave new world?

Who are the scientists, thinkers and futurists set on forging new paths for humanity? Meet them on this new podcast series which will help demystify breakthroughs and enhance everyday life

Evening Standard

Creating and implanting synthetic monkey embryos could pave the way to stem-cell babies

In January 2017, I met Jiankui He, the now-infamous Chinese scientist who would go on to create the world’s first genome-edited babies. This was at a meeting in Berkeley, Calif., hosted by Jennifer Doudna who, along with Emmanuelle Charpentier, was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work…

The Conversation

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Scientists sequence Beethoven's genome for clues into his painful past

Scientists have sequenced the genome of Ludwig van Beethoven from two-century-old locks of hair, and found clues about the ailments that plagued him in life.

WEKU

Trillions of tiny, self-replicating satellites could unlock interstellar travel

George Church published a new paper in Astrobiology musing about how biology could aid in creating a pico-scale system that could potentially explore other star systems at next to no cost.

Inverse

Return of the rhino: can we bring the northern white back from extinction?

An enthralling project to save the northern white rhino is raising challenging questions as scientists debate the ethics of de-extinction. Mattha Busby reports

The Guardian - UK

Does gene therapy provide an answer to ageing?

Dr Rhonda Patrick explains Harvard biologist George Church’s hopes for gene therapy in tackling disease

The Independent UK

Life will find a way: could scientists make Jurassic Park a reality?

Just a few years from now, herds of woolly ‘mammoths’ could be roaming the Siberian tundra. Are dodos and dinosaurs next for de-extinction?

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