Colossal Biosciences, a US biotech company, has successfully produced artificial eggs that can hatch healthy chicks.
This innovation could revolutionize poultry farming. Over 30 chicks have been raised on a Texas farm using this technology.
The incubation platform took about two years to develop. It simulates embryonic development outside the natural biological environment.
CEO Ben Lamm says this is a major step toward reviving extinct species.
The company is now working on resurrecting the giant moa bird, extinct in New Zealand for 600 years.
Moa eggs are 80 times larger than chicken eggs, making standard surrogate incubation impossible. Hence, the need for an artificial incubator.
Colossal is also researching genetically modified animal models, including a "woolly mouse" project to restore woolly mammoth traits.
The core concept is "exogenous development," growing embryos entirely outside the mother. This approach could help conserve endangered species.
