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Colossal is more than just a genetics and biosciences company. Founded by Ben Lamm and world-renowned geneticist and serial biotech founder George Church. Colossal is led by CEO Ben Lamm and anchored by some of the most recognized names in science and industry.
Colossal’s landmark de-extinction project will be the resurrection of the Woolly Mammoth - or more specifically a cold-resistant elephant with all of the core biological traits of the Woolly Mammoth.
Colossal Biosciences Inc. is an American biotechnology and genetic engineering company working to de-extinct the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and the dodo. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] In 2023, it stated that it wants to have woolly mammoth hybrid calves by 2028, and wants to reintroduce them to the Arctic tundra habitat. [8]
At Colossal Biosciences, we endeavor to jumpstart nature’s ancestral heartbeat. To see the Woolly Mammoth thunder upon the tundra once again. To advance the economies of biology and nutrition. To make humanity more human. And to reawaken the lost wilds of Earth. So we, and our planet, can breathe easier.
Jan 31, 2023 · Colossal Biosciences, the world’s first de-extinction company, has today announced an oversubscribed $150M Series B financing led by United States Inn.
3 days ago · Now Texas-based Colossal Biosciences is partnering to help preserve it—and sequence its genome. Colossal Announces $7.5M in New Investments in Ancient DNA Academic Research. Colossal Biosciences’ academic investments include partnerships with Stockholm University, the University of Potsdam, the University of California Santa Cruz, the University of Alaska, McMaster University, University of Copenhagen, and Rowan University, among others. ...
Mar 6, 2024 · De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences claims it has found a way to reprogram elephant cells, a technical breakthrough that could lead to the return of the long-lost mammals.
2 days ago · Colossal Biosciences is a biotech start-up in Texas that has raised 235 million US dollars (£177m) to date, with celebrity backers including Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, American socialite ...
Mar 6, 2024 · The breakthrough — announced today by the de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences in Dallas, Texas — is an early technical success in Colossal’s high-profile effort to engineer elephants...
Mar 7, 2024 · Colossal Biosciences thinks it can create a mammoth-like, gene-edited creature through IVF by 2028. It could also help living elephants, which are notoriously tricky to study in the...
