A very interesting development in the world of medicine.
Scientists have taken a major step forward in the understanding and treatment of male infertility after impregnating mice with sperm grown from embryonic stem cells.
Professor Karim Nayernia, of Newcastle University, conducted the research - reported yesterday in the journal Developmental Cell - while working in Germany. His team first took stem cells from a mouse blastocyst - an embryo that is a cluster of cells only a few days old. Stem cells are the building blocks of the body and can develop into any type of tissue.
The cells were grown in a laboratory and a marking system was used to identify those that were developing into early-stage sperm cells, known as spermatogonial stem cells.
Do read this interesting article in this link ---> The Independent
1 comment:
dude u should read ..this book named "SEIZURE" by Robin Cook ..this tells the whole story similar to this blastocyst and stem cells grown in labs and implanted in human body via brain :-)..good novel if u get time n interested in biology n cloning stuff ..do read
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