Early lab work shows reprogrammed skin cells can yield embryos, hinting at future infertility solutions but raising safety questions that demand more study. Infertility affects millions of people ...

A microscope image of a human egg contains a nucleus taken from a skin cell. (Mitalipov Laboratory at Oregon Health & Science University) WASHINGTON — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create ...

New research shows it's possible to reprogram skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab, though it's just a proof of concept for now. Reading time 3 minutes A team of scientists has ...

In the quest to create better options for couples facing infertility, scientists have been racing to create eggs and sperm in a laboratory dish. A study published Tuesday in Nature Communications from ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have achieved a scientific first: transforming human skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab. Their study, published Tuesday in Nature ...

Share this page on Twitter Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Email Share this page on Print Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday ...

Sara Reardon is a freelance journalist based in Bozeman, Montana. The work shows that the very first division of a fertilized egg primes the resulting cells to seek different fates, paving the way for ...