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 infertility and enable gay couples to have genetically related children.

Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells
This image shows a human egg after its original DNA has been replaced with DNA from an adult skin cell.

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat infertility and enable gay couples to have genetically related children.

(Image credit: Mitalipov laboratory)

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