Recently, a Dallas-based biotech company, Colossal Biosciences, announced that it has been able to resurrect a species of wolf that went extinct around 12,500 years ago. It claims these dire wolves are the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animals.” What does this mean for science, ecosystems, and society? In this episode of All Things Policy, Sarthak Pradhan and Shambhavi Naik shares her insights on the methods used by Colossal, the potential consequences of this breakthrough, the ethical concerns it raises and its implications for policymakers around the World.
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