Rob Stein
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These are, wait for it, woolly mice.
These are, wait for it, woolly mice.
These are, wait for it, woolly mice.
Well, Gina, you've heard of the woolly mammoth, right?
Well, Gina, you've heard of the woolly mammoth, right?
Well, Gina, you've heard of the woolly mammoth, right?
Exactly. Before they went extinct thousands of years ago, maybe because of climate change and hunting.
Exactly. Before they went extinct thousands of years ago, maybe because of climate change and hunting.
Exactly. Before they went extinct thousands of years ago, maybe because of climate change and hunting.
Well, because someday some scientists want to bring a mammoth-like creature itself back from extinction.
Well, because someday some scientists want to bring a mammoth-like creature itself back from extinction.
Well, because someday some scientists want to bring a mammoth-like creature itself back from extinction.
Yes, exactly. These scientists, they work at a Dallas biotech company called Colossal Biosciences. And they say these little woolly mice are a key step towards that audacious, and I have to say quite controversial, goal.
Yes, exactly. These scientists, they work at a Dallas biotech company called Colossal Biosciences. And they say these little woolly mice are a key step towards that audacious, and I have to say quite controversial, goal.
Yes, exactly. These scientists, they work at a Dallas biotech company called Colossal Biosciences. And they say these little woolly mice are a key step towards that audacious, and I have to say quite controversial, goal.
So to answer that, I have to start with the mammoths. Okay. Colossal Biosciences wants to bring the mammoth back by using the latest genetic engineering techniques to create modern-day elephants with key traits from the mammoth. Cool. You know, traits like their signature thick coat and their fat metabolism that kept them warm in the Arctic.
So to answer that, I have to start with the mammoths. Okay. Colossal Biosciences wants to bring the mammoth back by using the latest genetic engineering techniques to create modern-day elephants with key traits from the mammoth. Cool. You know, traits like their signature thick coat and their fat metabolism that kept them warm in the Arctic.