The BioRescue project has received €4 million in funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). "It therefore represents an important milestone on the road to artificially generated rhino oocytes." Vera Zywitza of the Pluripotent Stem Cells Platform at the MDC, which is led by Dr. "Our paper sheds new light on pluripotency - the ability of stem cells to differentiate into all cells of the body," says lead author Dr. In the journal Scientific Reports, they reveal that they have managed to obtain and conduct in-depth studies on pluripotent rhino stem cells. The team from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), together with partners in Munich, the Netherlands and Japan, has now taken a major step towards this goal.
#White rhinoceros drug skin
The researchers are pursuing a two-pronged approach: First, they are developing advanced assisted reproduction techniques second, they want to use skin cells taken from the northern white rhinoceros to create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in the lab, which can eventually develop into immature egg cells, or oocytes.
However, the BioRescue consortium is working against the clock to ensure that the northern white rhino does not disappear from our planet forever. As a result, this subspecies can no longer reproduce naturally, and extinction seems inevitable.
Fatu and Najin are the last two northern white rhinos in the world - and they are both female.
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