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Ami VitaleToday is World Rhino Day, so let's talk rhinos. Three of the five rhino species are 'critically endangered'. Of these, the northern white rhino subspecies is the most endangered with only two female northern white rhinos known to be alive, living at @olpejeta conservancy. Last week, I visited Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company that is teaming up with the BioRescue team, who are working to save the northern white rhino from extinction. The BioRescue consortium has already created 29 viable embryos and aims to implant embryos into southern white rhino surrogate mothers. Their goal is to produce a healthy calf by 2025. Colossal will collect DNA from museum specimens of northern white rhinos to determine what genetic diversity was lost from the population. The next step is to use gene-editing tools to reintroduce genetic diversity into the cells used to create embryos, which can help protect a future herd against disease and other threats. Learn more about this extraordinary story by following all of us as we share the incredible work of BioRescue, Colossal Biosciences, Safari Park Dvurkralove, @olpejetaconservancy and Kenya Wildlife Service. #rhinos #northernwhiterhinos #conservation #deextinction #dontletthemdisappear #worldrhinoday #conservationtok
On the profile · Sept 23, 2023, 00:39