how close are we to the return of this long extinct bird?
- Written by Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University
US biotech company Colossal Biosciences says it has finally managed to keep pigeon cells alive in the lab long enough to tweak their DNA – a crucial step toward its dream of recreating the dodo.
The firm has grown “primordial germ cells” (early embryonic cells) from Nicobar pigeons, the dodo’s closest living relative, for...







