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Mice with woolly mammoth traits could pave the way for the resurrection of an ice age giant

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par Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University

A US biotech company has genetically modified mice to have traits from the extinct woolly mammoth. Researchers at Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences endowed their mice with the thick, shaggy hair of the mammoth and its efficient fat metabolism, which helped it survive in icy conditions.

Colossal’s ultimate goal is to introduce these woolly mammoth traits, along with others, into modern elephants. This general area of science…

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