Can 'genetically-identical' synthetic horn save the rhino?

The Ecologist
Jul 6, 2015, 3:18 pm50 pts
Soon a artificial rhino horn may be on the market that's identical to the real thing down to its DNA, writes Diogo Veríssimo. A boon for rhinoceros conservation? Or an act of biopiracy that will enrich biotech corporations while perpetuating demand for rhino horn and confounding efforts to end its trade?

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