Scientists created transgenic mice with woolly mammoth–like traits. But does it really bring us closer to bringing back woolly mammoths?

The mice were created by Colossal Biosciences, which edits DNA for species conservation, and has been working to bring back the woolly mammoth since 2021.

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“It doesn’t get them any closer to know if they would eventually be able to give an elephant useful mammoth-like traits, and ...

They would then have to test that work in more mouse models, and only if they succeed there try the same technique on an ...