{"id":33430,"date":"2021-09-15T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T22:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=33430"},"modified":"2021-09-15T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T22:17:23","slug":"scientists-plot-to-resurrect-extinct-woolly-mammoths-in-real-life-jurassic-park-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/scientists-plot-to-resurrect-extinct-woolly-mammoths-in-real-life-jurassic-park-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists plot to resurrect extinct woolly mammoths in real-life Jurassic Park scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Colossal, a biotech company backed by a \u00a310.8million ($15million) funding seed intends to restore the woolly mammoth to the Arctic tundra. The company’s geneticists want to restore a species that has been dead for some 4,000 years but they believe their efforts could help preserve modern-day species on the verge of extinction. Towards this goal, the “de-extinction” company has partnered with scientists at Harvard University in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben Lamm, co-founder and chief executive, said: “Never before has humanity been able to harness the power of this technology to rebuild ecosystems, heal our Earth and preserve its future through the repopulation of extinct animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In addition to bringing back ancient extinct species like the woolly mammoth, we will be able to leverage our technologies to help preserve critically endangered species that are on the verge of extinction and restore animals where humankind had a hand in their demise.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project is being led by Dr George Church, a world-renowned geneticist and pioneer in genome sequencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the last 800 years, woolly mammoths roamed the grasslands of North America, Russia, Europe and the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n