Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Human-sperm-created-from-stem-cells in world first, claims British university

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...niversity.html

I left in the extra articles on purpose, just to show how differently humans can think, scary isn't it

British scientists have created human sperm using stem cells in a medical first that could revolutionise fertility treatment, they claim.

By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Published: 7:01AM BST 08 Jul 2009

Researchers at the pioneering Northeast England Stem Cell Institute say they have made the breakthrough using stem cells from an embryo.

They claim that with some minor changes the sperm could theoretically fertilise an egg to create a child.


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