Most zoos with animals like Tasmanian rat kangaroos, white dolphins, snow leopards, cheetahs and a rare Indian barking deer would be swamped with visitors. Cell Biologist T.C. Hsu (pronounced shoe) has assembled more than 300 rare species in a collection that rivals New York's huge Bronx Zoo; but it draws no crowds. Dr. Hsu's pets are all in test tubes, stored in steel bins at the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute.
Each test tube, embedded in dry ice, contains between 60 and 100 million cells of an individual species, usually...
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