Australian scientists produce kangaroo embryos using IVF for first time
Team has produced more than 20 embryos using method used in humans, though there are no plans for live joeys
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Scientists have produced kangaroo embryos through in vitro fertilisation for the first time, in a development they say could help conservation of endangered animals.
Australian researchers at the University of Queensland made the eastern grey kangaroo embryos using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), a technique widely used in human IVF, in which a sperm is injected into a mature egg.
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