Ladies We Concede, You Win
via Greg Laden
British scientists are ready to turn female into , cutting men out of the process of creating life.
The breakthrough paves the way for lesbian couples to have children that are biologically their own.
Gay men could follow suit by using the technique to make eggs from male bone marrow.
Researchers at say their technique will help lead to new treatments for infertility.
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According to New Scientist magazine, the scientists want to take stem cells from a woman donor’s bone marrow and transform them into sperm through the use of special chemicals and vitamins.
Newcastle professor has applied for permission to carry out the work and is ready to start the experiments within two months.
The biologist, who pioneered the technique with mice, believes early- stage ” could be produced inside two years. Mature sperm capable of fertilising eggs might take three more years. (More at the Daily Mail)
[tags]parthogenesis[/tags]
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