Genetically altered mouse to pave way for resurrection of wolly mammoth?
Colossal Biosciences announces the Colossal Woolly Mouse, a step toward resurrecting woolly mammoths by engineering mice with mammoth-like cold adaptations.
Bet on carp: gene editing of fish will help create a new aquaculture
Experts have disabled the myostatin gene in fish, which limits the increase in muscle mass. According to the calculations of ...
Startup trying to un-extinct prehistoric mammoth creates ‘Woolly Mouse’
Colossal Biosciences, a startup trying to bring the prehistoric mammoth back from extinction, said it has achieved a first ...
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Biotech Company Creates ‘Woolly Mouse’ as a Step in Its Quest to Resurrect Woolly Mammoths Through Gene Editing
Colossal Biosciences leaders say the fluffy, golden-haired mice help validate their technique to “de-extinct” species, but ...
ZME Science6h
In the quest for resurrecting the woolly mammoth, scientists first make “woolly mice”
Using CRISPR, a powerful gene-editing tool, they targeted ten genes in mice associated with traits like hair length, texture, ...
“Wooly mice” a test run for mammoth gene editing
On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is ...
PBS10h
Scientists genetically engineer mice with thick hair like the extinct woolly mammoth
Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that it has simultaneously edited seven genes in mice embryos to create mice with long ...
Chemistry World10h
Could ‘woolly’ mice put mammoths on the path to de-extinction?
However, by comparing datasets of mammoth and elephant genomes, the team identified that mammoths lost the function of one of these genes. The researchers also introduced mutations into two of the ...
Science Media Centre13h
expert reaction to unpublished preprint on inducing loss of function of genes in mice to produce woolly mammoth- like hair phenotypes
“Colossal’s team made a number of genetic changes known as “knock outs” in lab mice that are already known to produce longer, thicker, wavier — or woollier — coats in mice. They also made a change ...
MIT Technology Review13h
De-extinction scientists say these gene-edited ‘woolly mice’ are a step toward woolly mammoths
The animals, the first to have been created by Colossal Biosciences, have fluffy coats and curly whiskers.
ScienceAlert13h
These Woolly Mice Bring The Mammoth's De-Extinction a Step Closer
After an intense study of the mammoth's genetic code, scientists have engineered 'woolly' mice with altered fur thickness, ...
Mammoth De-Extinction a 'Step Closer' As Geneticists Create Woolly Mouse
The team at genetics and biotech firm Colossal Biosciences have imbued rodents with thicker, woolly coats, golden fur and other cold-climate adaptations, all of which are key characteristics of the ...