Okay, I am picking up my *cough* mammoth thread from yesterday.

If you are interested in the story so far, I talked a bit about the current main justification given by Colossal for their plans for "mammoth de-extinction" here:

https://twitter.com/ToriHerridge/status/1437434059194523656?s=20

🧵/1 other justifications include the collateral benefits of:

🧬 biotech development
🧠 increased knowledge of mammoth & elephant biology
🐘 improved elephant husbandry & conservation
🦏 conservation of species on the brink of extinction
👩‍🔬inspiring the next generation of scientists

News has broken that a new biotech company, Colossal, has been founded with the aim of creating an gene-edited Asian elephant that is tolerant to Arctic conditions.

aka "Mammoth de-extinction"

And so, a personal thread of discovery and opinion

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🧵1/n Colossal's founders are:

🛰️ Entrepreneur Ben Lamm (previously he founded Hypergiant hypergiant.com/company)

🧬 Biomedical researcher George Church (genetics.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/…)

Colossal's Head of Biological Sciences is:
🔬 Eriona Hysolli, former post-doc w/Church

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