Research fertilizing eggs without sperm
12 Jul In a bizarre reproductive biology advance, researchers have fertilized mouse eggs with cells from another mouse's body--instead of sperm.
Creating embryos without sperm It had previously been considered that attempts to fertilise an egg with cells other than sperm Lacham-Kaplan stresses that more research needs to be done before the technique is hailed a success.
Description:Dr Orly Lacham-Kaplan's research unit at the Monash University's Institute of Reproduction and Development in Melbourne developed the procedure with the hopes that it could one day serve as a viable alternative to sperm donation for infertile men. Theoretically, it may also be used to produce biological children for homosexual partners of either sex. The technique relies on somatic cell transfer and is a modification of current cloning technology.
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