Colossal Biosciences Develops Artificial Eggshell to Hatch Live Chicks, Aiming for De-Extinction
Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company focused on de-extinction, has successfully hatched live chicks using an artificial eggshell. This development is part of their broader mission to potentially revive extinct species, such as the thylacine and the giant moa. The artificial eggshell, created using a 3D-printed lattice structure, mimics the natural hatching environment by providing a controlled setting for embryonic development. The company has previously engineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with woolly mammoth-like hair and wolf pups resembling dire wolves. While the technology has been met with skepticism from some scientists, who argue that it lacks certain components of a natural egg, Colossal Biosciences believes it could be scaled to genetically modify living birds to resemble extinct species. 
