Cells from critically endangered animals to be stored in Europe s first biobank
Nature s SAFE has been established in response to biodiversity loss which is threatening thousands of species with extinction
17 January 2021 • 6:00am
DNA from the Amur Leopard is just one of the species Nature s Safe hopes to bank
Credit: AP Photo/Jens Meyer
Cells belonging to critically endangered species are to be indefinitely stored in Europe’s first ever “biobank” in an effort to save the animals from future extinction, The Telegraph can reveal.
The bank, known as Nature’s SAFE , will store the cells from animals including the Amur Leopard, Black Rhino and Mountain Chicken Frog, in cryogenic tanks in the UK.