Scientists used stem cells to create a model of an embryo in the lab without sperm or egg. The model embryo released the same hormones that trigger positive pregnancy tests. Researchers hope to use ...
Imagine a future where a diagnosis of untreatable male infertility is no longer the end of the road – because science has found a way to produce human sperm from lab-engineered testicular tissue. This ...
Katsuhiko Hayashi pulls a clear plastic dish from an incubator and slides it under a microscope. "You really want to see the actual cells, right?" Hayashi asks as he motions toward the microscope.
We all know the drill for reproduction—sperm meets egg. But mice aren’t people. And the same recipe doesn’t work for human reproductive cells. One reason, according to Dr. Mitinori Saitou at Kyoto ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN
Lab-grown sperm, eggs may soon allow parents to customize their future children
In less than a decade, the need for sex to produce a baby might be eliminated, opening up the possibility for same-sex ...
They're leading in the development of IVG, new fertility technology that could make sperm and eggs from practically any cell in the body. The... Japanese scientists race to create human eggs and sperm ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback