"It's a significant step forward,"
"This technology would allow many of these women to have genetically their own eggs and to have a genetically related child,"
"mitomeiosis."
Scientists produced human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells using a cloning-derived method that removed most DNA from a donor egg and replaced it with DNA from a skin cell. The reconstituted eggs were induced to bypass normal mitosis and meiosis and instead undergo a process termed "mitomeiosis," yielding 82 functional eggs that were then fertilized to assess development. The approach differs from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell routes, which have so far produced only very immature egg cells. The advance could enable genetically related children for women who lack viable eggs and for some same-sex couples, while prompting complex ethical, social and legal debates.
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