Dr George Church, co-founder of Colossal Biosciences, mentioned that the creation of elephant pluripotent stem cells 'opens the door' to the de-extinction of the mammoth, with a prediction that the milestone may be reached even before 2050.
To go from these cells to a living breathing mammoth, the scientists hope to edit them with genes taken from a frozen woolly mammoth corpse. The cells could then be induced to grow into an egg which could be fertilised and grown in an artificial womb.
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