“This work gives us a new tool to help preserve genetic material in endangered species,” Gambini said. “By creating and freezing embryos, we can safeguard the unique genetic of these animals.

Scientists in Australia have successfully produced the world’s first kangaroo embryo through in vitro ... that could one day help save endangered species. The research could be pivotal for ...

Gene editing’s real value is not in re-creating copies of long-extinct species like dire wolves, but instead using it to ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to produce kangaroo embryos through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an important milestone in being able to replicate this across hundreds of species of ...

"Our ultimate goal is to support the preservation of endangered marsupial species like koalas ... Scientists produced the embryos by a technique that involves injecting a single sperm directly ...

For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have another ...

Now, the first artificial fertilized, matured, and preserved giraffe embryo has been created in a historic and groundbreaking milestone. When you think of endangered mammals in Africa, your ...

chick and zebrafish embryos. Nevertheless, despite years of intensive research, no satisfactory explanation has been provided for the initial symmetry-breaking event in any of these species.

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