Colossal Biosciences, a genetic engineering company established in Texas, this week claimed that it had “postponed”-orphaned scientists and Game of Thrones Both fans. While Kolossal said that the terrible wolves were revived with the help of old DNA, how close are they the real thing?
The company makes it clear that they do not “clon” in the traditional sense, instead they use genetic engineering and synthetic biology in a process that is often called “de-Exticipation” or “genetic salvation”. Colossal said it was the exhausting of the terrible wolf completed with the help of DNA extracted from a 13,000 -year -old tooth and a 72,000 year old inner ear Bot. Combined with advanced gene processing and cloning technologies, the company produced three puppies called Remus, Romulus and Khaleesi – a tribute to both Roman mythology and Game of Thrones.
“We have postponed key genes from ancient DNA as Jurassic ParkFounder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, Ben Lamm said Decodeer. “We found those genes and have manipulated them on a wolf cell line. They are not hybrids. We did not fold them together. We designed them – just like Jurassic Park. “
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Lamm said that Kolossal collaborated with conservationists and indigenous groups to bring the project to life, and noted that this collaboration was part of the decision to concentrate on species that are native to North -America.
“We have a Buffalo Restoration Project to better understand population getles and species diversity in the buffalo population,” he said.
Despite the excitement on social media, Lamm clarified what went to make the nasty wolves possible.
“You can’t clone extinct animals – there are no living cells,” said Lamm. “The only thing you can work with are fossils and fragments of Bot to extract old, highly fragmented DNA.”
Dire Wolves went out about 13,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. Their disappearance was probably the result of losing their primary food sources and increased competition from other predators, such as gray wolves.
“If you believe that Jurassic Park is a film about genetically modified organisms with DNA from frogs, birds, crocodiles and old DNA from dinosaurs, then you would say that ours is a genetically modified Wolf with ancient alleles of Dire Wolves,” Lamm said.
Lamm said that the question of whether these animals are really terrible wolves is more philosophical than scientific.
“Everything in life is a mixture – that is how specialization works. Even our two nasty wolves were not 100% terrible wolves,” he said. “The concept of purity belongs to eugenica, not to science.”
When asked if his company “plays God,” Lamm said that people are already.
“We play God every day,” he said. “We are on our way to losing to 50% of all biodiversity by 2050.”
Lamm said that colossal cinemoscience also works in addition to reviving extinct species to support conservation efforts to combat loss of biodiversity.
“All technologies that Colossal develops with nature protection applications – we give them away for free,” he said. “We also set up the Colossal Foundation and picked up $ 50 million to support even more maintenance work.”
Lamm said that daring action is required to combat extinction events and that de-dying is not about preparing the future.
“The reason we do this is simple – we need new tools and a deeper understanding of the entire process,” he said. “With the accelerating of extinction, it is better to have de-dying options and not need them than they need and not having them.”
Published by Josh Quitittner
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