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• In such context, Chinese President Xi Jinping and American President Joe Biden met on Nov. 15 at Filoli Estate, south of San Francisco.
• This meeting is to set China-U.S. relations back to the trajectories pictured when President Xi and President Biden met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.
• During the meeting, President Xi Jinping underscored that the two countries should foster a new "San Francisco vision," while consolidating the five pillars for China-U.S. relations.
• Hopefully, the two countries could usher in a new chapter after the San Francisco summit meeting, actively put the heads of state's consensus into action, and build a more stable and more constructive China-US relationship.

• With the death of last male in 2018 and with only two females alive, the species is functionally extinct.
• In one of its research lines, the BioRescue team collects mature eggs – scientifically called oocytes – from one of the only two northern white females.
• These eggs will be fertilised with frozen sperm that were collected from several northern white male rhinos before their death.
• These techniques would not only save the northern white rhinoceros, but also other rhino species, related species with a common ancestor, and all other creatures in need.

Different approaches

• Parallel initiatives focusing on different conservation approaches are indispensable to ensure the future of this species.
• These supporting cells provide signals and components essential for the development of the eggs.
• This would bypass atresia, which is the degradation of follicles that occurs during a natural hormonal cycle.
• Due to a scarcity of tissues from endangered species, we are using the pig as a large animal model.
• This will give us more in-depth knowledge on how to approach egg creation from stem cells already present in the animal, termed endogenous stem cells.

What next?

• Researchers now know that samples of the northern white rhino individuals currently stored in biobanks have enough genetic variability to establish a viable and sustainable population.
• This is becoming a reality that gives us hope, motivation and energy to save the northern white rhino.

• SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has announced construction is officially underway on the largest and most transformative project in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's 50-year history.
• Elephant Valley will provide guests with new insight into the role San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance pursues as a leader in wildlife conservation.
• "As magnificent as elephants are, their future is equally fragile," said Lisa Peterson, executive director, San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
• Elephant Valley is funded by thousands of generous donors and longtime San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance supporter Denny Sanford.