IVF Breakthrough Could Save , Northern White Rhinos , From Extinction.<br />In September of 2023, an international team <br />of researchers successfully performed the first<br />embryo transfers in southern white rhinos.<br />In September of 2023, an international team <br />of researchers successfully performed the first<br />embryo transfers in southern white rhinos.<br />'The Guardian' reports that the breakthrough <br />could save the critically endangered northern <br />rhino from the very brink of extinction. .<br />In 2018, the last male northern white <br />rhino died in Sudan, making extinction <br />of the species appear imminent. .<br />In Kenya, the final two infertile female northern <br />white rhinos remain under constant armed <br />protection at a conservation reservation.<br />BioRescue, an international team of researchers supported <br />by the German government, successfully performed <br />an embryo transfer on a southern white rhino.<br />BioRescue, an international team of researchers supported <br />by the German government, successfully performed <br />an embryo transfer on a southern white rhino.<br />The breakthrough could pave <br />the way for saving the rhinos' <br />northern counterparts.<br />'The Guardian' reports that scientists <br />plan to attempt the process on the <br />northern white rhino by May or June of 2024.<br />The embryos were created from sperm gathered from two <br />now-dead male northern white rhinos, combined with eggs <br />gathered from one of the two last remaining females. .<br />The embryos will reportedly be carried by <br />a surrogate southern white rhino in Kenya.<br />If successful in saving the northern white rhino, <br />the process could also be used to save the endangered <br />Sumatran rhino, of which only about 40 remain in the wild.<br />If successful in saving the northern white rhino, <br />the process could also be used to save the endangered <br />Sumatran rhino, of which only about 40 remain in the wild
