Elephant Stem Cells Made in the Plan to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth

 

what makes it so tantalizing is that we have frozen tissue to work with for essentially the Ice Age biome itself.  In a way, we sort of potentially have it all.  So can we even work up known microorganisms now?  That would at least shake out the expertise to ever tackle the mammoth.

The second option that really needs to be explored is simply raising a large herd of African and Indian in the boreal forest to discover just how they adapt to the available fodder.  they may well go a long way to knocking down the pine forest and encourage grass. 

We ceetainly need to work cattle and other domesticates there and using elephants may well allow the forest itself to become productive fodder.

Until we get serious about that part, it is all promos.  Yet we are looking at providing a winter shed and an open range to observe their behavior.  what would a herd of elephants do to the local forest biome if also managed to move.

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Elephant Stem Cells Made in the Plan to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth

March 13, 2024 by Brian Wang

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/03/elephant-stem-cells-made-in-the-plan-to-bring-back-the-woolly-mammoth.html#more-193908

Colossal Biosciences has made elephant stem cells as part of plan to bring back the Woolly Mammoth.

If there were Woolly Mammoth like creatures living in the frozen areas of the world they would stomp and crush the Permafrost and make it harder to melt. This would slow any climate change effects by about 600 million tons of CO2 each year.

The elephant is resistant to cancer. It is hoped that having, controlling and using elephant stem cells could unlock secrets for improved cancer cures.

Harvard researcher George Church is cofounder of Colossal Biosciences. As of January 31, 2023, Colossal Biosciences has raised $225 million in funding and has over $1 billion in valuation.

They plan to bring back other species as well.