Women will not need men to have babies soon · 2007-04-13 13:10
A transplant technique has been devised that could effectively remove men from the process of creating life.
Scientists have grown human sperm cells from bone marrow, Daily Mail informed.
They say this may lead to groundbreaking treatment for thousands of men, including cancer patients left sterile by chemotherapy.
The technique, which could be adapted to help female infertility by growing eggs in a lab, would raise the prospect of children being born through entirely artificial means.
Critics said the treatment threatened to breach moral boundaries as it would effectively lead to men being made redundant.
The latest research avoids the ethical problems associated with embryonic stem cells, by using cells taken from the bone marrow.
Professor Nayernia said: “We’re very excited about this discovery, particularly as our earlier work in mice suggests that we could develop this work even further.”
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