{"id":233266,"date":"2025-04-08T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/have-scientists-brought-back-the-extinct-dire-wolf-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:05:12","slug":"have-scientists-brought-back-the-extinct-dire-wolf-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/have-scientists-brought-back-the-extinct-dire-wolf-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Have scientists brought back the extinct dire wolf? | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gfjlqEJCPu0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Have scientists brought back the extinct dire wolf? | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfjlqEJCPu0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A biotech company has claimed they have brought the dire wolf back from extinction after more than 10,000 years, as ITV News reporter Rosie Barnett explains.<\/p>\n<p>The historic beasts are known from the popular mythical drama Game of Thrones. Researchers at Colossal Biosciences in Texas used cloning and gene-editing based on two ancient samples of dire wolf DNA to create three modern dire wolf pups \u2013 two six-month-old males named Romulus and Remus and a three-month-old female named Khaleesi.<\/p>\n<p>Colossal\u2019s chief executive Ben Lamm said: \u201cI could not be more proud of the team. This massive milestone is the first of many coming examples demonstrating that our end-to-end de-extinction technology stack works.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A biotech company has claimed they have brought the dire wolf back from extinction after more than 10,000 years, as ITV News reporter Rosie Barnett explains. The historic beasts are known from the popular mythical drama Game of Thrones. 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