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Robert Klitzman

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Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

So we don't always know when we're altering genes what the effects are going to be. Genes have multiple effects. About five years ago, Dr. He Jiankui in China genetically engineered three children. He took the embryos and he wanted to disable a gene called the CCR5 gene to prevent HIV from getting in the cells because he was going to work with HIV positive fathers.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

But in disabling that gene, other viruses are more likely to enter the cell. So West Nile virus is more likely to enter the cell. So you may disable the gene because you want one thing or put a mutation in or change a gene because you want one thing, but other things may happen. So these wolves may end up having other kinds of medical problems. These are big animals. They're 150 pounds.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

But in disabling that gene, other viruses are more likely to enter the cell. So West Nile virus is more likely to enter the cell. So you may disable the gene because you want one thing or put a mutation in or change a gene because you want one thing, but other things may happen. So these wolves may end up having other kinds of medical problems. These are big animals. They're 150 pounds.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

But in disabling that gene, other viruses are more likely to enter the cell. So West Nile virus is more likely to enter the cell. So you may disable the gene because you want one thing or put a mutation in or change a gene because you want one thing, but other things may happen. So these wolves may end up having other kinds of medical problems. These are big animals. They're 150 pounds.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Colossal has them on about three square miles, whereas normally they usually live in areas between 50 and 1,000 square miles. So we're keeping them in a very constricted space. They're at risk of other diseases. So I'm concerned about their welfare.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Colossal has them on about three square miles, whereas normally they usually live in areas between 50 and 1,000 square miles. So we're keeping them in a very constricted space. They're at risk of other diseases. So I'm concerned about their welfare.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Colossal has them on about three square miles, whereas normally they usually live in areas between 50 and 1,000 square miles. So we're keeping them in a very constricted space. They're at risk of other diseases. So I'm concerned about their welfare.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Well, there are no regulations, and that could create problems. So there have been guidelines that were developed before we actually had any extinct animals to look at. There was one animal, a goat in the Pyrenees, the mountains between Spain and France, that was brought back and lived for 10 minutes. So the guidelines we have aren't very good, and we have no government regulations on this.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Well, there are no regulations, and that could create problems. So there have been guidelines that were developed before we actually had any extinct animals to look at. There was one animal, a goat in the Pyrenees, the mountains between Spain and France, that was brought back and lived for 10 minutes. So the guidelines we have aren't very good, and we have no government regulations on this.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Well, there are no regulations, and that could create problems. So there have been guidelines that were developed before we actually had any extinct animals to look at. There was one animal, a goat in the Pyrenees, the mountains between Spain and France, that was brought back and lived for 10 minutes. So the guidelines we have aren't very good, and we have no government regulations on this.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

And in fact, President Trump's Secretary of the Interior, Doug Borgum, came out the other day and said, it's great that Colossus is doing this because now we don't have to worry about driving other animals into extinction.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

And in fact, President Trump's Secretary of the Interior, Doug Borgum, came out the other day and said, it's great that Colossus is doing this because now we don't have to worry about driving other animals into extinction.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

And in fact, President Trump's Secretary of the Interior, Doug Borgum, came out the other day and said, it's great that Colossus is doing this because now we don't have to worry about driving other animals into extinction.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Let them go. We don't need regulations, was his point, to protect animals. We can just, any animal that disappears, we'll just clone it back. And I think a lot of the company, Colossal, is worth $10 billion. It'd be great if we can help animals that are on the verge of extinction and help them survive, given that we are losing, as Colossal says, we're losing a lot of animals every year.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Let them go. We don't need regulations, was his point, to protect animals. We can just, any animal that disappears, we'll just clone it back. And I think a lot of the company, Colossal, is worth $10 billion. It'd be great if we can help animals that are on the verge of extinction and help them survive, given that we are losing, as Colossal says, we're losing a lot of animals every year.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

Let them go. We don't need regulations, was his point, to protect animals. We can just, any animal that disappears, we'll just clone it back. And I think a lot of the company, Colossal, is worth $10 billion. It'd be great if we can help animals that are on the verge of extinction and help them survive, given that we are losing, as Colossal says, we're losing a lot of animals every year.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

And we will be losing more, partly due to climate change. Let's work on protecting those animals that are still here and have a place to live.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

And we will be losing more, partly due to climate change. Let's work on protecting those animals that are still here and have a place to live.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

And we will be losing more, partly due to climate change. Let's work on protecting those animals that are still here and have a place to live.

Today, Explained
The startup that cried dire wolf

So unfortunately at the moment, President Trump has been cutting back hugely on research at NIH and the National Institutes of Health. has funded immense amounts of research that have led to immense human benefit, partly because it's been available in the public domain. Research is published, which this company hasn't published many of its key findings.