Researchers at Newcastle University in England report they have coaxed the first human sperm cells from embryonic stem cells, in a remarkable demonstration of how quickly the field of stem-cell science is moving. The achievement, described in the journal Stem Cells and Development, comes just 11 years after the first human-embryonic-stem-cell line was created — an eyeblink in scientific terms — in the lab of James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin
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A New Hope to Prolong Fertility: Ovarian Transplants
For Stephanie Yarber, who was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure at age 14, conceiving children the old-fashioned way was a life’s wish fulfilled.