Scientists create mice with woolly mammoth-like fur through genetic engineering
Extinction is still forever. But scientists at a biotech company are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ...
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Genetic Engineering, Mutation, and Diverging Civilizations
As humanity reaches out to the stars and make new homes on strange new worlds, how will our genetics & DNA change under those ...
Duckweed found to differentially mark old and new transposons without DNA methylation
Transposons, so-called jumping genes, are a threat to genomes, so plants work hard to prevent them from mobilizing and ...
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The short, strange history of gene de-extinction
This was an alarming start to the idea of gene de-extinction. As we know from movies like The Thing, digging up frozen ...
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Company Seeking to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth Creates a ‘Woolly Mouse’
The biotech company Colossal Biosciences has long aspired to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, which roamed the Northern ...
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Genetic testing paves way for juicier, larger tomatoes and eggplants
The genetic duplicates, or paralogs, played a crucial role in shaping traits such as flowering time, fruit size, and shape.
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DNA changes supercharged the human brain - but at a cost
Scientists found that fast-evolving DNA shaped human brain development but might also increase risks for mental disorders.
Meet Colossal’s ‘woolly mouse,’ a breakthrough in mammoth de-extinction
Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of the “Colossal Woolly Mouse,” genetically engineered mice that ...
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Gene modification can create bigger, better tomatoes, but should we do it?
Scientists have identified genes that control tomato and eggplant size, paving the way for bigger, tastier, and more ...
"Colossal woolly mouse" created by scientists in effort to reconstruct the woolly mammoth
Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.
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Researchers race to cure 'Newfoundland curse,' which can kill without warning
Terry Rideout says he was loading up his fishing gear the first time a tiny implant in his chest sent bolts of electricity ...