Using gene splicing to bring back extinct species

Clever Dick on December 10, 2024 at 11:30 am

Idea: Using gene splicing to bring back extinct species

Link: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/could-scien...

De-extinction efforts are technically challenging, as some animals, like dinosaurs, have been extinct for too long for their DNA to be viable.

Can we bring back dinosaurs? | Natural History Museum

Link: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/c

Is it possible to bring dinosaurs back from the dead? Non-avian dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago, but could we use DNA to create a real-life Jurassic Park?

Why Are You Reading My Name on December 10, 2024 at 9:47 am

Idea: Using gene splicing to bring back extinct species

Link: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2369629...

De-extinction using genetic engineering has several ethical issues. Worse, if successful, it can significantly impact global biodiversity, leading to more problems.

Bringing back woolly mammoths and dodos is a bad idea

Link: https://www.vox.com/future-perfe

De-extinction isn’t worth the ethical cost.

Seal Dwidakiss on December 10, 2024 at 8:32 am

Idea: Using gene splicing to bring back extinct species

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/leibniz-instit...

Genetic engineering is also a potential solution for saving endangered animals like northern white rhinos.

Genetic engineering could bring the northern white rhino back from extinction

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/leib

Pioneering science is being used at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy to combat the devastating effects of poaching

MeterMan on December 10, 2024 at 8:21 am

Idea: Using gene splicing to bring back extinct species

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/j...

A gene-editing company is also attempting to bring back to life an extinct Mauritian bird.

Gene editing company hopes to bring dodo âback to lifeâ

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/scie

Company is raising further $150m to pursue research on dodo which became extinct in 17th century

Miss Entropic on December 10, 2024 at 6:57 am

Idea: Using gene splicing to bring back extinct species

Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/09/world/w...

Check out this story about scientists’ efforts to bring the woolly mammth to life, an animal that has been extinct for about 4,000 years.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/09/world/woolly-mammoth-elephant-stem-cells-scn/index.html

Scientists inch forward in efforts to resurrect an extinct giant | CNN

Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/