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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScientists create mice with two fathers after making eggs from male cells
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Scientists have created mice with two biological fathers by generating eggs from male cells, a development that opens up radical new possibilities for reproduction.
The advance could ultimately pave the way for treatments for severe forms of infertility, as well as raising the tantalising prospect of same-sex couples being able to have a biological child together in the future.
This is the first case of making robust mammal oocytes from male cells, said Katsuhiko Hayashi, who led the work at Kyushu University in Japan and is internationally renowned as a pioneer in the field of lab-grown eggs and sperm.
Hayashi, who presented the development at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the Francis Crick Institute in London on Wednesday, predicts that it will be technically possible to create a viable human egg from a male skin cell within a decade. Others suggested this timeline was optimistic given that scientists are yet to create viable lab-grown human eggs from female cells.
Previously scientists have created mice that technically had two biological fathers through a chain of elaborate steps, including genetic engineering. However, this is the first time viable eggs have been cultivated from male cells and marks a significant advance. Hayashis team is now attempting to replicate this achievement with human cells, although there would be significant hurdles for the use of lab-grown eggs for clinical purposes, including establishing their safety.
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Scientists create mice with two fathers after making eggs from male cells (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2023
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bullimiami
(13,112 posts)1. Well that shit is woke. Too woke.
Chainfire
(17,752 posts)6. Woke, nothing, that is insomniatic!
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)2. They'll never get those mice into a private Christian school
Ilsa
(61,710 posts)3. K&R. Bookmarked. Someone should tell Hayashi not to
move to Texas or Florida (and other places) where he might be arrested.
Meadowoak
(5,571 posts)4. Tucker will be all over that story.
usonian
(9,960 posts)5. Will someone buy me a new computer monitor?
I thought you said two feathers.
Got my attention, though.