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3 Northern White Rhinos Left in World Turning to Stem Cells to Save Species

2016-06-06 18:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The world`s last three northern white rhinos, which all reside at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, are unable to breed because they are directly related to each other. Scientists hoping to save the critically endangered species, are turning to stem cells to aid reproduction. They plan to make stem cells out of adult rhino skin cells through a process called iPS, induced pluripotent stem cells. Lab-grown stem cells of this kind are pluripotent, meaning they can make any type of cell in the body....

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