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Wooly mice to wooly mammoths. Incredibly cool or incredibly stupid?

Asked by canidmajor (21848points) 1 month ago

I’ve been hearing about this idea: https://apnews.com/article/colossal-biosciences-woolly-mammoth-b381f6f48eeed0828535cf9604263140 and personally, I love the science and the idea of developing a greater understanding of extinct genomes in general, but I have some concerns about the possible abuses of this kind of tech.
This is not straight across the board cloning, it involves some rather dramatic jiggery-pokery with existing species.

Would Michael Crichton cheer or groan?

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