It claims startup in the field of biotechnology that it is close to “reviving” the extinct Dodou

A copy of the Dodo bird (Raphus CucullatusYou can return one day soon. The tremendous biological sciences announced several landmarks this week in its endeavor to restore extinct species to life.

On Wednesday, the Dallas -based company stated that its researchers in the group of bird genetics have successfully succeeded in primitive germs in the bathroom (PGCS) in the laboratory, which is scientific first. They also raised the modified chicken genes that aim to work as a potential alternative to Dodo and other extinct birds. These achievements are crucial for the company’s plans to restore dodu functional to the living.

“The hacking of Colossal in PGCS PGCS cultivation resolves a basic barrier that has led to the collapse of the genetic engineering of birds for decades,” CEO of Golossal and co -founder Ben Lamm told Gizmodo.

How to return an extinct bird

Huge bills themselves as the functional company “De-Execation”. Its stated goal is not to repeat the genome of a completely extinct animal; Instead, the “main features and environmental functions of extinct species” must be revived using the smallest amount of possible delicate genetic adjustments.

Earlier this April, tremendous I mentioned Its first success: The raising of three wolves has been modified to exchange some genetic makeup of the pulmonary wolf (Linoosion Deros), One of the gray wolf relatives that he became extinct, nearly 10,000 years ago.

The company also pledged to re -settle the Sufi mammoth, Tasmania tiger, and Dodo. However, the revival of extinct birds is a completely different challenge compared to the return of mammals such as wolves.

“Unlike mammals that can be cloned, birds require a completely different approach. You must adjust” germs cells “(which become sperm and eggs) and then generate those cells that were released to the next generation.

Scientists have previously learned how to adjust the bacterial cells of chicken and geese, but COLOSSAL scientists were the first to adjust the bacterial cells from the bathroom, which is the wide range of birds to which DOOD belongs – to some extent. The researchers tested 300 groups of growth factors, small molecules and other components before finding the optimal formula for modified PGCS development.

The company has also raised its own bacterial chicken, allowing scientists to enter the liberated PGCS in their place. Ideally, this means that when these chicken multiplies, they will actually lay eggs that contain genetics for the bathroom, not chicken.

Finally, its scientists hierarch Jennouses, the closest relatives of Dodo, the extinct Rodriguez Solitaire. This information will enable huge scientists to draw the genetic adjustments needed to make a Nikobar dove into a Dodo -like bird.

“These developments create a clear path: the release of Nicobar Pigeon bacterial cells with Dodo features, their injection into alternative chicken, generation of results, and in the end birds with Dodo properties produce,” said Lamm.

The argument is about getting rid of

While many scientists praised its genetic innovations-such as the creation of its copy of the esophageal wolf-the company criticized the company for putting it on the classification of its projects as a “removal”.

Wolves, dodos, and other animals contain payments of genetic information, and critics have argued that the relatively few adjustments that they perform in their samples simply do not come close to filling gaps between extinct species and the closest living relatives.

The huge stands next to his approach. It is noted that some memorization organizations have Call To create “agent” versions of extinct species as a way to restore biological diversity in an area – a goal the company feels in line with its mission. Lamm also argues that, as every genetic liberation carries some risks, keeping them to minimum also helps to ensure the safety and health of their animals.

He said: “We focus on the results, not the signs. Whether critics want to summon our animals,” or “Dodo-Functional Birds” does not change the value of preservation. “What matters if they can restore the lost environmental functions, enhance the ecological system flexibility, and help address the crisis of biological diversity with the inspiration of the next generation.”

Currently, Colossal still sets the foundation for the Dodo project. This includes determining the exact amount and mixture of modifications that stimulate the Nicobar Pigeon bacteria, as well as a job With local researchers in the African Peninsula in Mauritius, where he lived a Dodo and where the company plans to revive it. Although the company does not have a fixed date yet, it expects Dodo De-EXNEDICTION during the next five years to the next seven.

Meanwhile, it was reported that the first successes in the terrible wolf of the company, Romulus, Remos, and Khalisi, continue to flourish, with Romulus and Rimos about to celebrate their first birthday next month.