A Japanese scientist has teamed up with a group of German researchers to try to save the nearly extinct northern white rhinoceros by producing eggs from induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells.
There are currently just three of the animals left alive — one male and two females, living in a nature preserve in Kenya, according to Katsuhiko Hayashi, a professor of reproductive biology at Kyushu University.
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