Using the genome editing technique that won the Nobel Prize, Crispr-Cas9, extinct animals like the Tasmanian tigers could be brought back from the dead.
Thylacines sometimes referred to as Tasmanian tigers, roamed Australia millions of years ago. These dog-like, striped creatures, which were about the size of an American coyote, vanished from the mainland about 2,000 years ago. They stayed in Tasmania until the 1920s when European colonists who perceived them as a threat to livestock kil...