IVF Breakthrough Could Save , Northern White Rhinos , From Extinction.
In September of 2023, an international team
of researchers successfully performed the first
embryo transfers in southern white rhinos.
In September of 2023, an international team
of researchers successfully performed the first
embryo transfers in southern white rhinos.
'The Guardian' reports that the breakthrough
could save the critically endangered northern
rhino from the very brink of extinction. .
In 2018, the last male northern white
rhino died in Sudan, making extinction
of the species appear imminent. .
In Kenya, the final two infertile female northern
white rhinos remain under constant armed
protection at a conservation reservation.
BioRescue, an international team of researchers supported
by the German government, successfully performed
an embryo transfer on a southern white rhino.
BioRescue, an international team of researchers supported
by the German government, successfully performed
an embryo transfer on a southern white rhino.
The breakthrough could pave
the way for saving the rhinos'
northern counterparts.
'The Guardian' reports that scientists
plan to attempt the process on the
northern white rhino by May or June of 2024.
The embryos were created from sperm gathered from two
now-dead male northern white rhinos, combined with eggs
gathered from one of the two last remaining females. .
The embryos will reportedly be carried by
a surrogate southern white rhino in Kenya.
If successful in saving the northern white rhino,
the process could also be used to save the endangered
Sumatran rhino, of which only about 40 remain in the wild.
If successful in saving the northern white rhino,
the process could also be used to save the endangered
Sumatran rhino, of which only about 40 remain in the wild