# You’re (Maybe) Gonna Need a Patent for That Woolly Mammoth

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/youre-maybe-gonna-need-a-patent-for-that-woolly-mammoth-2/
- Published: 2022-02-14T09:00:47-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photograph: Steppenwolf / Alamy. Article by Matt Reynolds. Wired – February 9, 2022. Scientists are racing to bring extinct species back from the dead. But does a resurrected mammoth belong to nature, or us? The mouse didn’t look like much. It had the same red beady eyes and white fur as any other laboratory mouse. Sure, its DNA had been tweaked to make it ideal for testing anti-cancer drugs, but that wasn’t so unusual either. The year was 1988, and it had been […] Click here to view original web page at www.wired.com