--- title: Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning: The Best Inventions of 2025 description: Find out why Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318438/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T11:54:54.456Z article:section: Business og:title: Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:description: Find out why Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318438/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6559238ee415023/6998ca22f1b08287896f1ba5/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning: The Best Inventions of 2025 twitter:description: Find out why Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6559238ee415023/6998ca22f1b08287896f1ba5/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning Simplifying cloning by [Jeffrey Kluger](/author/jeffrey-kluger/) ## Jeffrey Kluger Editor at Large  Courtesy Colossal Biosciences Cloning can be a vital tool for saving some of the [47,000 species threatened](https://www.iucnredlist.org/about/background-history "undefined") with extinction. [Colossal Biosciences](https://colossal.com/ "undefined")—the company that famously [de-extincted the dire wolf](https://time.com/7274542/colossal-dire-wolf/ "undefined")—has found a way to make it easier. Cloning previously involved surgically harvesting skin or tissue cells from the donor animal, but Colossal has successfully cloned animals using endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), which line blood vessels and can be harvested with a simple blood draw. EPCs are also heartier than skin cells, and divide faster. “As biodiversity loss accelerates worldwide,” says CEO and co-founder Ben Lamm, “EPCs offer a more humane, efficient pathway to safeguarding genetic heritage for future generations.” These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318438/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318438/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning/"},"headline":"Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:54.456Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318438/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6559238ee415023/6998ca22f1b08287896f1ba5/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeffrey Kluger","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/"}],"creator":"Jeffrey Kluger","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6559238ee415023/6998ca22f1b08287896f1ba5/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318438/colossal-biosciences-non-invasive-blood-cloning/","name":"Colossal Biosciences Non-Invasive Blood Cloning"}}]}] ```