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Is ‘de-extinction’ really possible?

Is ‘de-extinction’ really possible?

Science Weekly vor 1 Jahr

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The American biotech company Colossal Biosciences recently made
headlines around the world with claims it had resurrected the dire
wolf, an animal that went extinct at the end of the last ice age.
But does what the company has done amount to ‘de-extinction’ or
should we instead think of these pups as genetically modified
versions of the grey wolves that exist today? Science correspondent
Nicola Davis tells Madeleine Finlay about the process that created
these wolves, how other companies are joining the effort to use
genetic modification in conservation, and why some experts have
serious ethical questions about bringing back species whose
habitats no longer exist. Help support our independent journalism
at theguardian.com/sciencepod