Eggs produced from stem cells

Mouse stem cells have been used to create eggs and sperm producing healthy offspring, a result that may aid human fertility, Japanese scientists say.

If the procedure can be repeated in humans the technique could make it easier for women in their 30s or 40s to have children and could help men and women whose reproductive organs have been damaged by cancer treatments or other causes.

"These studies provide that next level of evidence that in the future fertility could be managed with stem cell intervention," Teresa Woodruff, chief of fertility preservation at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, told the Los Angeles Times.Continue....