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Induced pluripotent stem cells for conserving endangered species?

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Induced pluripotent stem cells have been derived from two endangered wildlife species. There are exciting possibilities, yet formidable challenges, for these cells to contribute to real-life species preservation.

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Figure 1: Inclusion of iPSCs from threatened or endangered species in genome resource banks (GRBs) may eventually provide novel approaches for improving assisted reproduction and genetic research.

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  1. Vimal Selvaraj is at the Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.,

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  2. David E. Wildt and Budhan S. Pukazhenthi are at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, USA.,

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Selvaraj, V., Wildt, D. & Pukazhenthi, B. Induced pluripotent stem cells for conserving endangered species?. Nat Methods 8, 805–807 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1715

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