Human sperm and eggs will be grown from stem cells within five to fifteen years but the technology will not allow gay and lesbian couples to conceive children with genes from each partner, an international panel of scientists predicted yesterday. While such artificial gametes (reproductive cells) could be used to treat infertility, the biological barriers to creating sperm from female cells and eggs from male ones will make same-sex conception impossible for the foreseeable future, according to the Hinxton group of leading stem-cell researchers.
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Same-sex couples could create children - The Telegraph 15th April 2008
'Limit' to lab egg and sperm use - BBC Health News 14th April 2008
Sperm and eggs from stem cells ‘in 15 years’ - The Times 15th April 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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