Source: NewScientist.com news service
Posted: 13 April 2007 12:35 AM
Summary:
In a first step towards creating artificial sperm cells, researchers have turned human bone marrow tissue into primitive sperm cells. If these precursor cells can be coaxed into becoming fully functioning sperm cells, the technique could allow infertile men to father their own children, and even allow women to produce their own sperm. But experts caution that provoking the sperm precursors to fully mature presents a serious challenge.
