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

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...

Scientists Made Human Eggs From Skin Cells and Used Them to Form Embryos

The embryos weren’t used to try to establish a pregnancy, but the researchers behind the technique say it could one day be ...

Scientists use human skin cells to create functional eggs, opening a door to new infertility treatments

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...

OHSU researchers create human eggs from skin cells, pointing to new frontier in fertility treatment

Scientists describe the technique as an early proof of concept and say it could take at least a decade of further research ...

Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs -- but not yet usable ones

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive ...

Molecular discovery reveals how chromosomes are passed from one generation to the next

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things—including a crucial event that happened ...