Sex-changing mouse clones may help fight to save endangered species
For the first time, scientists managed to turn cloned male mouse embryos into females, giving life to healthy and fertile individuals
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Scientists racing to save critically endangered species may soon have a new tool at their disposal: sex-changing clones. For the first time, researchers managed to turn cloned male mouse embryos into females, giving life to healthy and fertile animals. The technique could one day help scientists rescue endangered species with only a few surviving individuals.
“I think it’s a really neat foundational breakthrough in reproductive science,” says Ben Novak, lead scientist at Revive and Restore, a nonprofit that promotes biotechnology for wildlife conservation. “Being able to manipulate chromosome…
