First ever hybrid embryo produced
outside the womb
Date: July 5, 2018
Source: Forschungsverbund Berlin
Northern White Rhinos (NWR) are
functionally extinct, as only two females of this species are left on the
planet. An international team of scientists has now successfully created hybrid
embryos from Southern White Rhino (SWR) eggs and NWR sperm using assisted
reproduction techniques (ART). This is the first, ever reported, generation of
blastocysts (a pre-implantation embryos) of rhinos in a test tube.
Additionally, the international team established stem cell lines from
blastocysts of the SWR with typical features of embryonic stem cells. This
breakthrough is published in Nature Communications today.
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