Woolly mice
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Scientists have genetically engineered mice with some key characteristics of an extinct animal that was far larger — the woolly mammoth.
This "woolly mouse" marks an important step toward achieving the researchers' ultimate goal — bringing a woolly mammoth-like creature back from extinction, they say.
"For us, it's an incredibly big deal," says Beth Shapiro, chief science officer at Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas company trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other extinct species..
