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Scientists perform world's first de-extinction to revive the dire wolf

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The white-coated wolf once roamed North and South America during the Pleistocene epoch before vanishing around 12,000 years ago .

Colossal Biosciences extracted DNA from fossilized remains, combined with the genetic code of a gray wolf, the closest living relative.

The company cloned high-quality cell lines using somatic cell nuclear transfer into donor egg cells.

The embryos were then transferred to a surrogate, which gave birth to three healthy pups.

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