What can endangered species teach us about the future of human fertility? Dr. D sits down at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park with Dr. Elena Ruggeri of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance to explore the groundbreaking work being done to preserve some of the world's most vulnerable species.

Learn how the Frozen Zoo, one of the world's largest collections of living cell lines from rare and endangered animals, is helping scientists protect biodiversity while advancing reproductive science. Dr. Ruggeri explains how fertility preservation, assisted reproduction, and cutting-edge biotechnology are giving threatened species a fighting chance—and how many of these innovations overlap with the technologies used in human fertility care.

In this episode, you'll learn all about:

• What the Frozen Zoo is and why it's so important

• How fertility preservation is helping save endangered species

• The role of assisted reproductive technologies in wildlife conservation

• Surprising similarities between animal and human fertility science

• Why protecting biodiversity is so important for all of us

Credit to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance for allowing us to film this episode on site at the Beckman Center for Conservation Research. Learn more about the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance & The Frozen Zoo

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Hosted by Said Daneshmand, MD FACOG

Produced by Phoebe Gurrola

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