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Elephant iPSC Milestone Reached in Woolly Mammoth Project

The world’s first de-extinction company, announced recently that their Woolly Mammoth team has achieved a global-first iPSC (induced pluripotent stem cells) breakthrough. This milestone advancement was one of the primary early goals of the mammoth project, and supports the feasibility of future multiplex ex utero mammoth gestation. iPSC cells represent a single cell source that…

Three Baby Asian Elephants to be Born in Melbourne Zoo

The pitter patter of not so small feet will be heard at Melbourne Zoo next year with three of the zoo’s endangered Asian elephants pregnant. Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio announced the three upcoming births, which are expected late next year, as an elephant pregnancy lasts 22 months. “It’s going to…