For the first time ever, a rhino was impregnated via in vitro fertilization. Scientists now believe they can use IVF to save the critically endangered northern white rhino.
For the first time ever, a rhino was impregnated via in vitro fertilization. Scientists now believe they can use IVF to save the critically endangered northern white rhino.
Scientists say the successful pregnancy of a surrogate southern white rhino shows they can use IVF to preserve the more endangered and near extinct northern white rhino sub-species. The embryo was produced in vitro from collected eggs and sperm and transferred to the surrogate mother at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
For the first time ever, a rhino was impregnated via in vitro fertilization. Scientists now believe they can use IVF to save the critically endangered northern white rhino.