Biotech Firm 3D Prints Fake Rhino Horn That’s Genetically Identical To The Real Thing

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If you're stupid enough to believe rhino horn has magical powers, at least you don't need to kill these creatures to get it. Jiri Balik/Shutterstock

Biotech startup Pembient is planning to deploy the forces of DNA technology and economics to save the rhino. It's risky plan, that could undermine other efforts, but with poaching out of control and subpopulations on the verge of extinction Pembient argue this is the best bet for the survival of the rhinoceroses in the wild.