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Could de-extincting dire wolves help humans live longer?

Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm argues de-extinction could advance conservation, healthcare and developmental biology, though the human longevity connection remains speculative.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's 10:30, this is Should You Be Worried? Today: could a woolly mammoth be the reason you live to one hundred and twenty?

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCNBC reports Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm says bringing back extinct species could help conservation, healthcare and developmental biology.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDire wolves. Mammoths. In a parking lot full of grills. Every mascot in America should be nervous.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNobody has promised a mammoth in a parking lot.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYet.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe longer-life part is a speculative path, per CNBC's own framing. Speculative. Look it up, Vera.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA speculative mammoth is still a mammoth. I'm bringing a bigger cooler.

  8. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentVerdict: eat a sandwich. A normal-sized one. Not mammoth. We're back here same time tomorrow.

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