Scientists produce first Kangaroo embryo through IVF

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Scientists in Australia have had a breakthrough – they have produced kangaroo embryos via in vitro fertilisation (IVF) for the first time. This development, they claim, could help in the conservation of endangered animals – particularly important for Australia, which has lost 38 species to extinction since colonisation. A team led by scientists at the University of Queensland made the eastern grey kangaroo embryos using