<ul><li>Colossal Biosciences has made a major step towards de-extinction by successfully engineering a living mammal with mammoth-like fur.</li><li>Scientists at Colossal spliced genes from the woolly mammoth into a living mouse, giving it fur with the same characteristics as the prehistoric giant’s thick, insulating coat.</li><li>The successful transfer of mammoth DNA into a living mammal is a critical step towards eventually applying these techniques to elephants, the mammoth’s closest living relatives.</li><li>Colossal's long-term vision is to restore the Arctic ecosystem by reintroducing mammoth-like elephants, which could help combat climate change and reshape the land as they did thousands of years ago.</li></ul>

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