De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences has gene-edited mice to have mammoth-like features, creating what the company calls the Colossal Woolly Mouse. The lab mice, which have been modified to ...

Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test ... in order to produce mice with golden hair rather than the usual dark fur and a variant associated with changes in body ...

AP The resulting woolly mice are about the same size as their unmodified counterparts, but with an unmistakable flaxen coat of thick fur resembling ... modified fertilized mouse eggs and others ...

For testing purposes, the mouse also has a very significant advantage: mutations that change its fur are easy to spot. Over the century-plus that we've been using mice for research, people have ...

Credit: Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences The woolly mouse's fluffy fur isn't the only alteration Colossal made. Genes associated with body weight and fat metabolism have also been edited in ...

The animal is 100% mouse, but engineered to express several ... woolly texture than their typical fur. Researchers on the project referenced 59 genomes of woolly, Columbian, and steppe mammoths ...

is a little bigger than a house mouse. It's easily distinguishable by its deer-like color, due to dense fur that's brown on the upper body and white below. The tail hair is similarly brown and white.

The compound SCD-153 accelerates the regrowth of mouse fur compared to control experiments using a solvent and 4-methyl itaconate. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...