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Its stated goal is to create herds of what it calls mammoth-like creatures to live in the arctic tundra. The company says the creatures' grazing habits would encourage grasslands to flourish and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released from melting permafrost.Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas which is one of the main drivers of global warming.
But critics say there are significant scientific challenges to overcome before these changes in mice can be tried out on elephants.Colossal's co-founder and CEO, Ben Lam, told BBC News that the woolly mice marked a big step forward."We are on track to have the first cold adapted elephant by 2028 and that would mean having the first embryos by the end of 2026," he said.
"Over time we are going to have this entire lineage of cold adapted elephants that we can put back into the wild that can interbreed"The woolly mice had eight of their genes modified: seven were adapted mice genes related to hair growth and the eighth was a mammoth gene related to increasing body fat.
The researchers found that the animals had longer, curlier hair, but no evidence that the mammoth's fat-increasing gene had an effect.
Colossal Biosciences work has been met with scepticism from scientists not employed by the company. Their concerns include:Trump is using tariffs as a weapon of diplomacy, even coercion, on topics entirely unrelated to global trade.
Are the leaders of G20 nations with their own domestic audiences really going to roll over in order to give the new president a win?They could choose to wait out the inevitable impact of Trump applying a 25% increase on the cost of two-fifths of US imports on US consumers and inflation.
The cost of washing machines in the US rose 12% or by about $86, after Trump hit foreign-made machines with a 50% tariff during his first term. Such increases, no matter how modest, run counter to Trump's promises during the campaign to bring down the cost of living.But though Americans might be more sensitive to price rises now than they were in 2018, the political appetite for tariffs should not be underestimated.