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Biotech company reveals breakthrough that could lead to revival of extinct woolly mammoth
NYPOST ^ | 3/6/2024 | DAVID PROPPER

Posted on 03/07/2024 8:55:21 AM PST by bitt

The woolly mammoth could roam the Earth once again.

That’s the goal of Colossal Biosciences as the biotech company announced a major breakthrough Wednesday in its mission to revive the 6-ton, 16-foot animal back from extinction.

The Dallas-based company said it has created a set of stem cells from an Asian elephant in hopes of bringing back a creature that would be eerily similar to the woolly mammoth, according to reports.

“This is probably the most significant step in the early stages of this project,” said geneticist and company co-founder George Church, a Harvard University professor, according to NPR.

The woolly mammoth went the way of the dodo bird about 4,000 years ago, and while the company wouldn’t bring back the same exact species, it would create an animal that has similar traits like a heavy fur coat and plenty of fat to withstand freezing temperatures.

“It will walk like a Woolly Mammoth, look like one, sound like one, but most importantly it will be able to inhabit the same ecosystem previously abandoned by the Mammoth’s extinction,” the company said.

The company’s goal, however lofty, is to eventually genetically tinker a stem cell’s nucleus with genes from a mammoth, then merge that with an elephant egg, the Washington Post reported. Then the embryo would be placed in an elephant surrogate who would hopefully give birth.

But not everyone is on board with Colossal’s goal.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; mammoth; mammoths; mastodon; mastodons; paleontology; woollymammoth
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1 posted on 03/07/2024 8:55:21 AM PST by bitt
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see also

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/northern-tuskers-scientists-one-colossal-step-closer-de/

Northern Tuskers: Scientists One Colossal Step Closer to ‘De-Extinction’ of the Wooly Mammoth – But Why?

Paul Seran


2 posted on 03/07/2024 8:56:43 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

Haven’t we seen this movie before???


3 posted on 03/07/2024 8:58:16 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: bitt
“It will walk like a Woolly Mammoth, look like one, sound like one, but most importantly it will be able to inhabit the same ecosystem previously abandoned by the Mammoth’s extinction,” the company said.

That way, the "Royal We" won't need those nasty tribal people to manage disturbance. And said "We" will then be able to extract resources uncontested.

4 posted on 03/07/2024 8:58:27 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: bitt

“Pleistocene Park”


5 posted on 03/07/2024 8:59:40 AM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: bitt

I’d rather pay to de-extinct mammoths than fund $1 million homosexual s&m parties.


6 posted on 03/07/2024 8:59:42 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: bitt

Let me guess; they will be classified as an “endangered species,” and people will lose their property rights wherever they are released.


7 posted on 03/07/2024 9:00:36 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: bitt

And all the diseases they may possess. Sorry...dangerous.


8 posted on 03/07/2024 9:02:02 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Forget the Woolies, I vote for Raptors and for them to be released in DC.


9 posted on 03/07/2024 9:03:27 AM PST by Mouton (A 150MT hit will not solve our problems now.)
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To: bitt

They think the movie JURASSIC PARK was an instruction manual but evidently did not stay to see the end. /s

As someone else ask “WHY?”


10 posted on 03/07/2024 9:04:53 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Mouton

They’re already there, in $3000 suits/female outfits.


11 posted on 03/07/2024 9:06:36 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: bitt

Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.


12 posted on 03/07/2024 9:06:53 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (Make orwell fiction again)
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To: bitt

The woolly booger went extinct for a reason. We need the varmint to return like we need 4 mor years of Joe Bidenbama.


13 posted on 03/07/2024 9:07:00 AM PST by Lion Den Dan ( )
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To: bitt

Just what the world needs.... /sarc


14 posted on 03/07/2024 9:08:30 AM PST by simpson96
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To: bitt

awesome! Wooly Mammoth burgers are delicious!


15 posted on 03/07/2024 9:09:09 AM PST by Bob434
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[[The woolly booger went extinct for a reason.]]

Yes, because they were delicious!


16 posted on 03/07/2024 9:10:21 AM PST by Bob434
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To: bitt

Big deal. Bring back the Republican elephant.


17 posted on 03/07/2024 9:11:02 AM PST by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

And a book.


18 posted on 03/07/2024 9:13:47 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: bitt

Could they get Reagan spun back up for 2028?


19 posted on 03/07/2024 9:18:19 AM PST by G Larry (It's RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants and minorities by importing ILLEGAL Laborers)
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To: Sacajaweau

Never heard of African or Asian elephants being a disease vector for humans or domestic animals. My guess is their metabolism is far too different, unlike pigs, whose metabolism on a molecular level is very similar to ours because we’re both omnivorous mammals.


20 posted on 03/07/2024 9:18:20 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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