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First Human Embryos Created Using Skin Cell DNA and Sperm

It is no longer science fiction: human embryos have now been made from DNA in skin cells that were fertilised with sperm, a move that redrafts the biological limits of reproduction. At an Oregon ...
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A new technique can turn a woman’s skin cells into eggs

First, they obtained egg cells from volunteers and removed those cells’ nuclei. They then harvested skin cells from other ...

Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat ...