Embryo breakthrough 'can save northern white rhino'

[Judi Lynn]

By Victoria Gill
Science reporter, BBC News



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Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died in March 2018


They used the method to produce rhino embryos with sperm from two dead males.

The embryos were made using eggs from a closely related sub-species, but the scientists say the method could save the northern white rhino.

One of the team said he hoped a baby that's fully northern white rhino would be born "within three years".

This could provide a way of "rescuing valuable genes" from a sub-species that is already functionally extinct; the last male northern white rhino, named Sudan, died earlier this year at the age of 45.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44687544

[FirstLight]

1. Since we were the ones responsible for their demise

I suppose this is a way to try and rectify...

But still, maybe instead of these great lengths, we should address why we are killing off so many species in the first place.

But what do I know?

[shraby]

2. Scientists can chew gum and jump rope at the same time. Fixing the mess on more than

one front is always better than putting all the eggs in one basket.

[pansypoo53219]

3. YAY! save the chubby unicorn!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. 💚. n/t