GoKawiilColossal Biosciences links de-extinction tech to human health research
Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm discussed the company's efforts to revive extinct species, including dire wolves, woolly mammoths, dodos, Tasmanian tigers, and moa, at the CNBC AI Forum. Lamm described using AI models to reconstruct the dire wolf genome from ancient DNA from a skull and tooth, then editing gray wolf cells to create embryos carried by surrogate dogs, resulting in three pups named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. He said the company expects to reveal more de-extinct species within the next one to two years.