Steve Thompson PhD<p>Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says humanity has a ‘moral obligation’ to pursue de-extinction tech</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/09/colossal-ceo-ben-lamm-says-humanity-has-a-moral-obligation-to-pursue-de-extinction-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/09/colo</span><span class="invisible">ssal-ceo-ben-lamm-says-humanity-has-a-moral-obligation-to-pursue-de-extinction-tech/</span></a></p><p>The CEO of Colossal, a startup that aims to use genetic editing techniques to bring back extinct species, including the wooly mammoth, assured audiences at SXSW that the company has no plans to create a real-life Jurassic Park — lest there was any doubt. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COLLOSAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COLLOSAL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BIOSCIENCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIOSCIENCE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MORALITY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MORALITY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAMMOTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAMMOTH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EXTINCTION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EXTINCTION</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRESS</span></a></p>