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For 50 years, San Diego's Frozen Zoo has stored living cells to save endangered species
For 50 years, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been preserving animals' genetic material in its Frozen Zoo, and ...
San Diego’s Frozen Zoo welcomes endangered oak as first cryopreserved plant in biological bank
More than 500 native plants in San Diego County are held in a Native Seed Bank at the zoo. Those seeds are dried down to a ...
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance adds plants to ‘Frozen Zoo’ for the first time
For the first time in its history, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo has expanded its mission to include not ...
From extinction to existence: How frozen cells are reviving endangered species
One notable success story is the cloning of Przewalski's horses, once extinct in the wild. Kurt, the first cloned ...
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance cryogenically preserve 18 endangered ...
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance reached a historical milestone after adding an endangered plant species to its Frozen Zoo, a collection of cryopreserved living wildlife material ...
The Social Diary – ‘Cell-ebrating’ a wild night with the San Diego Zoo
A frozen zoo is an extensive collection of living cell lines preserved for valuable conservation, research, and future use.
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's Frozen Zoo® at 50: A Blueprint for ...
SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty years ago, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's Frozen Zoo ® began preserving living genetic material, long before scientists knew how it might be used ...