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Scientists created human egg cells from skin cells — then used them to make embryos

Scientists have created human eggs in the lab using a similar process to the one used to clone the famous Dolly the sheep, then used in vitro fertilization (IVF) to turn them into embryos. Although ...

Scientists make eggs from skin cells, making a step ahead in reproductive medicine

Scientists have successfully created immature human egg-like cells from skin-derived stem cells, a significant step in ...
STAT

Push to create functional human eggs in the lab stumbles, pioneering fertility researcher reports

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...
The Economist

A new technique can turn a woman’s skin cells into eggs

MANY COUPLES struggle to conceive. Some are helped by IVF (in-vitro fertilisation). But if the woman has no usable eggs to fertilise, they must either give up or use a donor. Researchers have thus ...
New Scientist

Egg cells made with DNA from human skin fertilised in the lab

Human embryos have been developed from eggs given the DNA of adult skin cells – a feat that had previously been achieved in mice. This could one day provide a way for same-sex couples or women with ...
The New York Times

Sperm Can’t Unlock an Egg Without This Ancient Molecular Key

Using Google’s AlphaFold, researchers identified the bundle of three sperm proteins that seem to make sexual reproduction possible. By Elizabeth Preston They’re the original odd couple: One is massive ...