It is no longer science fiction: human embryos have now been made from DNA in skin cells that were fertilised with sperm, a ...

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...

Human skin cells have been used to produce fertilizable eggs in a proof-of-concept study that heralds a potential new ...

Scientists said Tuesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilized them with sperm in the lab for the first ...

Scientists have created egg-like cells capable of fertilization using DNA from ordinary skin cells in what could be a major ...

The scientific breakthrough, while still in its early stages, could also mean that gay male couples could have a child that ...

Pioneering embryologist Shoukhrat Mitalipov reported that his team has encountered hurdles in creating functional human eggs ...

More work needs to be done to create viable human embryos, but the method might someday be used in IVF to help infertile people and male couples.

First, they obtained egg cells from volunteers and removed their nuclei. They then harvested skin cells from other volunteers ...

Scientists have successfully fertilised eggs created from the genetic material of skin cells for the first time.

It involves taking the nucleus – the control centre of the cell which stores its genetic material – from a patient’s own skin ...

For the first time, Chinese scientists have fully revealed how a single plant somatic cell develops into a complete plant.