This is one of those articles you read and think...OK, that could work...Peter Pan cane toads that never grow up...
ABC News · Gene-edited 'Peter Pan' cane toad that never grows up created to eat its siblings, control invasive species
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"After more than two decades of work, researchers have achieved a genetics milestone: they have successfully sequenced the complete genomes of six ape species, a feat that seemed impossible just a few years ago."
www.nature.comWhat makes us human? Milestone ape genomes promise cluesDNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other apes.
https://www.europesays.com/uk/6742/ Genetic breakthrough in psychiatry using long-read genomic sequencing #Autism #Children #Disability #DNA #Gene #Genetic #Genetics #Genome #Genomic #GenomicSequencing #Medicine #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Research #Science #Syndrome #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom
A U.S. company has taken a step aimed at bringing the dire wolf back from oblivion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/world/science-health/us-company-extinct-dire-wolf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #genetics #wolves #biotechnology #cloning
The Japan Times · U.S. company resurrects the extinct dire wolf, or some version of it
I've got to go with my resident wolf friend on this one.
https://pawb.fun/@ErgonWolf/114305821925091473
They changed 20 lines of code out of a million? Sounds like vibe coding, to me.
Pawb.Fun - Pawbs, beans, and all things fluffyErgonWolf (@ErgonWolf@pawb.fun)They aren't dire wolves. They're grey wolves that have been selectively bred to look like dire wolves. They aren't genetically dire wolves at all, and they probably won't breed true to their form. This is hyperbole generated for this company to get a new round of funding. Don't believe the hype.
Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species.
New Scientist · No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction
No, the dire wolf isn't back. Extinction is forever. What Colossal Biosciences created are genetically modified wolves of the species Canis lupus. It's sad to see the public unashamedly lied to by so many media.
#direwolf #canislupus #wolf #genetics #paleogenetics #ancientdna #dna #cloning #prehistoric #animals #extinction #deextinction #media #colossal #biosciences
https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/04/pravlk-obrovsky-je-zpet-kdepak-jde-jen.html
blogorgonopsid.blogspot.comPravlk obrovský je zpět? Kdepak, jde jen o geneticky modifikovaného vlka obecnéhoMédia, včetně těch českých, jsou v posledním dnu zaplavena senzačně působící zprávou o návratu pravlka obrovského ( Aenocyon dirus ) z propa...
“This is a designer dog. This is a genetically modified gray wolf,” says Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, who has worked with Shapiro in the past but was not involved in this project. “I have more than 14 Neandertal genes in me, and we wouldn’t call me a Neandertal.” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-dire-wolf-isnt-back-but-heres-what-de-extinction-tech-can-actually-do/ by @andreatweather.bsky.social
Scientific American · The Dire Wolf Isn’t Back—But Here’s What ‘De-Extinction’ Tech Can Actually Do
The dire wolf returns from extinction after 10,000 years. #genetics #evolution #nature
Time · The Return of the Dire Wolf
Whether or not he's a dire wolf, can we agree that Remus is a beautiful puppy and and we want to snuggle him, his littermates and his mom and I'll bet he has puppy breath and everything??
#puppies #dogs #wolves #genetics #direWolf #orNot #everyPuppyIsGood
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/14/the-dire-wolf-is-back
Happy birthday to Canadian 
geneticist Irene Ayako Uchida (1917-2013)! In my #linocut Uchida is shown surrounded by chromosones, with anomalies (shown with pink arrows) due to radiation exposure, based on one of her research papers. A strand of DNA is hidden in the image (as her watchband).
Uchida didn’t set out to be a scientist. She was studying English literature at UBC, before she was interned 
1/n
#printmaking #sciart #genetics #cytology #DNA #histstm #WomenInSTEM #chromosomes
Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf.
@AssociatedPress reports the species went extinct more than 10,000 years ago.
A startup says it has 'de-extincted' dire wolves. But what does that actually mean?
By Dannielle Maguire
A US startup claims to have brought an extinct species back into existence. It's prompted debate about the difference of resurrecting an extinct species and genetically modifying an existing one.
ABC News · Startup's claim it has brought dire wolves back from extinction questioned
No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction
Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species
New Scientist · No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction
The operative question isn’t “is it real?” It is “why?” #ethics #crispr #genetics
https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-brought-back-dire-wolf-deextinct/
WIRED · Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf
Scientists create 'Peter Pan' cane toad that never grows up
By Peter de Kruijff
By removing a gene to stunt cane toads at their tadpole stage, scientists hope they may have found a way to make the invader kill its own species.
ABC News · Gene-edited 'Peter Pan' cane toad that never grows up created to eat its siblings, control invasive species
:EA DATA. SF: Before my wife's chronic migraine, she was deeply involved in genealogy.
For my family history, she actually found where my paternal great-grandmother was on the Dawes Rolls. She was 1/4 Choctaw which makes me 1/32 Choctaw. I think I'm also 1/128 Cherokee but we can't find the evidence since that would be quite far back.
Anyway, that makes my dad verifiably 1/16 Choctaw.
What's interesting is that he took a DNA test and it found 0% Native American DNA. Genetics and heredity is weird like that since you only get half of each parent's DNA.
I'm not obscene enough to start claiming my "Native American Heritage" for 1/32 and a life that was lived entirely as an entitled white person.
The start-up Colossal Biosciences aims to use gene-editing technology to bring back the woolly mammoth and other extinct species. But is this a good idea?
An editorial in @ArsTechnica argues that it isn't: https://flip.it/TwacwC
Ars Technica · Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation
Genetic data is an another asset to be exploited – beware who has yours | John Naughton https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/05/genetic-data-breach-23andme-bankruptcy #Dataprotection #DNAdatabase #Technology #Genetics #Politics #Science #Biology
The Guardian · Genetic data is another asset to be exploited – beware who has yours