Ya Dodon’t say?

Scientists at a Texas-based company made a major breakthrough towards reviving the dodo bird nearly 300 years after extinction.

Colossal Biosciences announced on Wednesday that researchers had, for the first time, successfully grown pigeon primordial germ cells, the precursor cells to sperm and eggs.

“Our avian team’s breakthrough in deriving culture conditions that allow pigeon primordial germ cells to survive long-term is a significant advancement for dodo de-extinction,” Colossal CEO and co-founder Ben Lamm said in a press release.

Colossal founder Ben Lamm celebrated the breakthrough on Wednesday. Courtesy of Colossal

“This progress highlights how Colossal’s investment in de-extinction technology is driving discovery and developing tools for both our de-extinc

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