Published 2 months ago • loading... • Updated 2 months ago

Despite biotech efforts to revive species, extinction is still forever

Summary by Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at e360. In the last decade, laboratory initiatives to recreate long-extinct species have stirred controversy. Now, scientists increasingly agree “de-extinction” is not possible, but breeding living animals with genes similar to those lost species can be a useful conservation tool.

This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

2 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

noticiaslatam.lat

They revolutionize cryogenics to conserve animals "of rare species and in danger of extinction"

NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA (Sputnik) — A group of scientists from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences achieved for the first time in the world the birth of a laboratory mouse from a cryopreserved embryo, which opens a new path for the conservation of endangered animals, according to the institution.

2 months ago

Read Full Article