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On a quest to revive the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has created a woolly mouse | TechCrunch

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Colossal Biosciences is working on genetically engineering mice to have mammoth-like fur.

The company hopes to bring back the woolly mammoth by 2028 .

The woolly mice’s fur is of a color, texture and thickness that resembles the traits of a mammoth.

Colossal hopes to use CRISPR to edit mice embryos and implant them into surrogate mice.

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