{"id":339003,"date":"2021-09-13T20:19:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/company-aiming-to-end-extinction-gets-15m-in-major-boost\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T20:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:19:34","slug":"company-aiming-to-end-extinction-gets-15m-in-major-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/company-aiming-to-end-extinction-gets-15m-in-major-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"#Company aiming to end &#8216;extinction&#8217; gets $15M in major boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Company aiming to end &#8216;extinction&#8217; gets $15M in major boost<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Extinction could itself become extinct \u2014 at least that\u2019s the bold claim a new bio<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>s and genetics company is making.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, entrepreneur Ben Lamm and professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School George Church announced the launch of a firm called Colossal. The company says it will deploy new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to combat \u201cthe effects of climate change through ecosystem restoration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the company\u2019s press release, it plans to use, \u201cbreakthrough advances in CRISPR genetic engineering, a new wave of thoughtful disruptive conservation and restorative biology aims to rewild degraded ecosystems to help combat the effects of climate change and loss of biodiversity.\u201d CRISPR is a gene-editing technology. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/George-Church-Ph.D.-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=759\" alt=\"Colossal co-founder George Church is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School.\" class=\"wp-image-19438428\" width=\"172\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/George-Church-Ph.D.-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=332 344w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/George-Church-Ph.D.-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=249 258w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/George-Church-Ph.D.-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=166 172w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/George-Church-Ph.D.-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=83 86w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/George-Church-Ph.D.-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\"\/><figcaption>Colossal co-founder George Church is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Harvard.edu<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is Lamm\u2019s sixth company \u2014 most recently he helped build artificial intelligence-focused Hypergiant, which worked with clients including NASA, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, according to a statement from the company. <\/p>\n<p>Church is the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School as well as a core faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. According to the statement, he has helped create multiple breakthroughs in the genomics industry, including CRISPR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Colossal has secured $15 million in seed funding \u2014 investors include the Winklevoss Twins\u2019 family office Winklevoss Capital and self-help guru Tony Robbins.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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On Monday, entrepreneur Ben Lamm and professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School George Church announced the launch of a firm called Colossal. 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