Tag: Embryology
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Mitomeiosis: Creating human eggs from skin cells—a breakthrough in infertility
Breakthrough: mitomeiosis creates eggs from skin cells A US team has published a pioneering study describing a proof‑of‑concept approach that could one day allow infertile people to have biological children. Using a technique dubbed mitomeiosis, researchers turned DNA taken from a skin cell into a functional human egg, which was subsequently fertilised with sperm in…
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Mitomeiosis: Scientists Create Human Eggs From Skin Cells
Overview: a bold step in reproductive science A team of researchers in the United States has reported a proof-of-concept technique they call mitomeiosis. The approach takes DNA from a skin cell and, through a novel manipulation of cell division, creates a functional human egg that can be fertilised with sperm in the lab. In early…
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Why Some Embryos Stall in Development: Centromere Clues from a New Study
Centromeres: The gatekeepers of early cell division Early embryo development hinges on a flawless handoff of parental DNA, a process that begins even before the first cell division. At the heart of this handoff are centromeres, special chromosome regions that act like handles during chromosome segregation. A key feature that marks these regions across generations…