Ben Lamm (on de-extinction)
Summary
Ben Lamb, CEO of Colossal Biosciences, discusses the company's mission to de-extinct the wooly mammoth and dire wolf using synthetic biology. He details his collaboration with Harvard geneticist George Church and the creation of "wooly mice" as a proof of concept. Lamb explains the technical challenges of assembling fragmented ancient DNA and the broader goal of developing genome engineering tools for conservation and human health.
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