Healthy mice with two fathers have been successfully created by scientists in what has been described as a major breakthrough that could eventually allow for gay men to have children together.
, saw male cells turned into eggs.
It comes after scientists previously made 12 mouse pups, all of which struggled to breathe and died shortly after they were born in 2018. In the latest research, seven mouse pups were born after 600 attempts. The seven mice remained healthy and went on to reproduce. “This is the first case of making robust mammal oocytes [egg cells] from male cells,” scientist Katsuhiko Hayashi said in a presentation in London.
It is believed the same process could be used to treat a type of infertility in women, though scientists have cautioned there is a long way to go before it could be used in humans.
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