Artificial eggs grown in science lab create living mice

‘Scientists have created artificial animal eggs in a laboratory to develop living mice in what is being hailed as a reproductive health breakthrough by British experts.
Japanese scientists took tissue cells from the tail of a mouse, reprogrammed them as stem cells and turned them into eggs in a petri dish. The eggs were then fertilized and the embryos implanted in female mice, which went on to give birth to 11 healthy pups.
Should the method work in humans, it could introduce powerful new ways of treating infertility, including for older women and those who produce fewer eggs.’
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