US company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodo
The company said its AI platform narrowed roughly 2,300 DNA targets and helped speed lab testing for traits linked to the dodo’s beak and face.
- On Wednesday, Colossal Biosciences announced new scientific milestones using its AI platform GenoMorph to accelerate dodo de-extinction efforts by identifying genetic targets for the bird's distinctive anatomy.
- Because dodo DNA is fragmented with few surviving genomes, standard population-level comparisons are impossible; GenoMorph learns how regulatory DNA shapes living birds to identify genetic switches without complete ancient records.
- GenoMorph analyzed skulls and genomes from more than 70 bird species, mapped at 541 anatomical landmarks, to identify approximately 2,300 candidate regulatory elements linked to beak size and shape.
- Colossal has expanded its Nicobar pigeon colony in Texas to 36 birds to study genetics and develop heritable edits, while scientists use a new lipid-nanoparticle system to ferry gene-editing tools into avian embryos.
- Major challenges remain in proving which genetic changes matter and passing edits to subsequent generations, said Ben Lamm, Colossal CEO, noting that releasing dodos to Mauritius depends on ecological work and community consultation.
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Colossal Biosciences claims to have completed 95% of the dodo genome and advances its plan to recreate its features.
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US company trying to resurrect the extinct dodo
A U.S. biotech company says it is making progress toward its goal of resurrecting the dodo, the famous flightless bird with a large hooked beak, and returning it to its native Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where humans drove it to extinction in the 17th century.
Colossal Biosciences, a US company, has announced progress in its efforts to revive the Mauritius dodo, also known as the common dodo. The company aims to return the famous flightless bird, which was wiped out by humans in the 17th century, to its original home island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The company says it has mapped 95 percent of the dodo's genome using artificial intelligence.
US biotech firm completes 95% of dodo's genome and identifies gene-editing targets; could the extinct bird come alive again through its closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon?
Colossal Biosciences aims to resurrect the extinct dodo bird using cutting-edge gene-editing technologies. By leveraging their sophisticated AI platform, GenoMorph, the company has pinpointed essential genetic traits. With 95% of the dodo genome analysis complete, their ambitious project is on track, though a specific timeline for the living dodo remains undisclosed. This groundbreaking venture is part of a larger initiative to counteract the ef…
Science breakthrough as biotech company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodo
A US-based biotechnology company claims it has made progress towards resurrecting the extinct dodo.Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based firm, said it used a newly developed AI platform to identify genetic changes that may explain the flightless bird's distinctive facial features.The closest living relative to the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon.Colossal plans to gene-edit the bird to give the pigeon - native to some Southeast Asian islands - the trait…
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