Can test-tube rhinos save dying species?

Scientists hope to prevent northern white rhino from becoming extinct using IVF techniques

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The northern white rhino may be saved from extinction using in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) techniques, a groundbreaking new study has found.

A team of international scientists have managed to extract stem cell lines from southern white rhino embryos, a closely related subspecies to the northern white rhino, to develop hybrid rhino embryos, or “test-tube rhinos”, reports CNN.

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