Colossal Biosciences: Meet the CEO with a mammoth vision for nature conservation

Michael Holder
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Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm | Credit: Colossal Biosciences
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Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm | Credit: Colossal Biosciences

Ben Lamm's firm has raised $225m of investment to bring back the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger - he talks to BusinessGreen about his bold vision for nature conservation

Ben Lamm wants to get one thing straight about his Spielberg-esque biotechnology company. "Colossal isn't working on bringing back dinosaurs," he tells BusinessGreen. "It's impossible to de-extinct a dinosaur."...

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