'Watershed moment': US firm creates 'woolly mice' with mammoth traits

Michael Holder
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Credit: Colossal Biosciences
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Credit: Colossal Biosciences

Colossal Biosciences claims to have successfully used gene-editing techniques to give mice woolly mammoth traits, making them better equipped for colder climates

What links the woolly mammoth, which has been extinct for thousands of years, and today's humble mouse? On paper, the two could scarcely be further apart, both in era and size. While the former grew...

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