“In a 50 year timeframe this could become the default way that people choose to have children.”
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IVG - it might sound like science fiction, but someday, we may be able to take human skin cells and turn them into a viable human egg.
This technology would allow for same-sex couples and those struggling with infertility to easily have biological children of their own.
Here's the catch - so far, IVG has only been successfully performed in mice. However, a fast-moving start-up in Berkeley, California is on the road to making it a reality.
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Read more of our stories on infertility:
Can a lab-grown uterus treat infertility?
► https://www.freethink.com/science/bioengineered-uterus
Breaking the taboo of male infertility
► https://www.freethink.com/culture/male-infertility
How GMO zebrafish could inspire new infertility treatments
► https://www.freethink.com/health/zebrafish-infertility-treatments
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