Biotech firm claims progress on resurrecting the extinct dodo

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 06:50 · Archive

US biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences says it has made advances towards resurrecting the extinct dodo using AI and gene-editing.

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotechnology company, claims to have made progress towards resurrecting the extinct dodo. The firm used a newly developed AI platform to identify genetic changes that may explain the flightless bird's distinctive facial features. The company plans to gene-edit the Nicobar pigeon, the dodo's closest living relative and native to Southeast Asian islands, to give it the traits of its extinct ancestor.

Colossal says it is in the final stages of dodo genome analysis and has made an advance which should shorten the time needed to test whether a genetic edit produces the desired trait. The company has not set out a timeframe for hatching a revived dodo. If successful, the bird would be returned to Mauritius. Colossal is also planning to revive the bluebuck antelope, woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger and giant moa. Last year, the firm claimed it had brought back the dire wolf by editing the genes of the grey wolf, with three animals named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi now said to be thriving.

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• U.S. company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodoColossal Biosciences plans to perform gene-editing to bring dodo traits into the cells of its closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon.The Japan Times · 15 Oct, 06:49
• Science breakthrough as biotech company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodoA US-based biotechnology company claims it has made progress towards resurrecting the extinct dodo. Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based firm, said it used a newly developed AI platform to identify genetic changes that may explain the flightless bird's distinctive facial features. The closest living relative to the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. Colossal plans to gene-edit the bird to give the pigeon - native to some Southeast Asian islands - the traits of its extinct relative. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The company claims it is in the final stages of dodo genome analysis and has made an…GB News · 15 Oct, 06:04

In this story: Colossal Biosciences · Nicobar pigeon · Mauritius · Texas · Southeast Asia

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