Scientists say that they have found a new way to help indengered species survive. With this new breack threw dozens of nearly extinct animals might be saved. What this new way is you ask ? well it is stem cell use.''The best way to manage extinction is to preserve species and habitats but that is not always working.Stem cell technology provides some level of hope that they won't have to become extinct even though they have been completely eliminated from their habitat.'' said Oliver Ryder scientists from the San Diego Zoo were all this is taking place. Ryider has two animals in mind to start the process on. The first one is the northern white rhinoceros. Which only seven specimens remain in existence, all in captivity and two in San Diego. The second endangered animal is a primate called the drill. The drill is a close cousin to humans. There are many studies that have been used on drills before they were put on test in humans. Dr Ryder's team had collected skin cells and tissue samples from more than 800 species, stored in a ''frozen zoo'', by 2006. Dr Ryder met up with Dr Loring to start the stem cell project. At first, Dr Ryder and Dr Loring tried to use genes from animals closely related to the target species in order to trigger the transformation, but the experiments failed. Through trial and error, they discovered to their amazement that the same genes that induce pluripotency in humans also worked for the drill and the rhino. In the future this technique might save almost all the nearly extict animals in the world.
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