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Paleogeneticist Dr Nic Rawlence, also from Otago University, explained how ancient dire wolf DNA - extracted from fossilised remains - is too degraded and damaged to biologically copy or clone.

"Ancient DNA is like if you put fresh DNA in a 500 degree oven overnight. "It comes out fragmented - like shards and dust.

"You can reconstruct [it], but it's not good enough to do anything else with."

bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9ejy3

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A white wolf walks through the snow with a stick in its mouth
www.bbc.comExperts dispute Colossal claim dire wolf back from extinctionIndependent experts say three white wolf puppies are not dire wolves, as claimed by US company Colossal
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A genetically modified wolf juvenile, one of three successfully bred by reconstructing a genome from the ancient DNA of fossils from dire wolves that had been extinct for over 12,500 years by Colossal Biosciences, billed as "the world’s only de-extinction company", is seen at age five months after his October 1, 2024 birth, at a secure site in the northern United States. via Colossal Biosciences

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A white genetically modified wolf juvenile.
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Game of #clones: Colossal’s new #wolves are cute, but are they dire?
#ColossaBiosciences claims it has revived an #extinct species, but scientists outside the company are skeptical.
It’s making a bold new claim—that it has actually “de-extincted” an animal called the #direwolf. Inside a preserve roam three striking snow-white wolves—which a startup called Colossal Biosciences says are members of a species that went extinct 13,000 years ago, now reborn via #biotechnology.
technologyreview.com/2025/04/0

MIT Technology Review · Game of clones: Colossal’s new wolves are cute, but are they dire?By Antonio Regalado
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