Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur
The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth—starting with a very furry mouse.
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Scientists created a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. Is it a step toward bringing back the extinct giant?
It’s tiny, but this lab mouse could have a mammoth impact ... in order to produce mice with golden hair rather than the usual dark fur and a variant associated with changes in body weight.
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On a quest to revive the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has created a woolly mouse
Its evidence: genetically engineering mice to have mammoth-like fur. To engineer the woolly mouse, the company’s scientists found mouse versions of mammoth genes and then used CRISPR to edit ...