De-extinction company Colossal mixed mammoth and mouse mutations in a single strain to create a shaggy-haired rodent.

People have two copies of most of their genes, one from each parent. Mutations can change or silence one or both copies. In the case of the Syngap1 gene, research has shown that two working copies are ...

On March 4th Colossal Biosciences, a company trying to revive long-gone species, announced that they had genetically ...

On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is ...

Scientists with the company Colossal have created genetically engineered "woolly mice" with thick, golden-brown hair and fat ...

Colossal Biosciences, known for its outlandish goal to resurrect the woolly mammoth by 2028, is claiming steady progress. Its ...

Scientists engineered woolly mice to study mammoth traits, raising ethical and ecological concerns about de-extinction.

By sequencing the whole genomes of 1,305 blood stem cells from young and old mice, they were able to identify all the mutations present in each cell. These data were used to reconstruct ‘family trees’ ...

By sequencing the whole genomes of 1,305 blood stem cells from young and old mice, they were able to identify all the mutations present in each cell. These data were used to reconstruct "family ...

The journey to the woolly mouse began with the woolly mammoth. Scientists at Colossal examined more than 100 genomes of Asian ...