• Breakthrough in Mammoth Revival Efforts.

  • Oct 1 2024
  • Length: 3 mins
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Breakthrough in Mammoth Revival Efforts.

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  • A team of scientists at Colossal Biosciences has made a significant step toward reviving the extinct woolly mammoth by successfully generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from elephants, making the process of de-extinction more feasible.
    In a major breakthrough, scientists have created elephant stem cells that could bring them closer to resurrecting the long-extinct woolly mammoth, according to a statement from Colossal Biosciences. The research team announced that they successfully derived iPSCs from Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). iPSCs are reprogrammed cells capable of becoming any type of cell in the body. This allows researchers to study the adaptive traits that made woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) unique from their closest living relatives and potentially edit their genes without needing tissue samples from living animals.
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