I heard from the news that Sperm can now be created, so we may
don't need MAN very soon for child birth. :)
BBC: Scientists in Britain say they have achieved a world
first by creating human sperm in a laboratory.
The BBC reports that the research could eventually help men
with fertility problems.
However other scientists are not convinced fully developed
sperm have been created.
Three years ago mice were created using artificial sperm but
all had health problems and died.
Writing in the journal Stem Cells and Development, the
Newcastle team said it will be at least five years before the
technique is perfected.
They used stem cell lines which had been removed from
donated human embryos a few days old and then stored in tanks of
liquid nitrogen. The process of creating and developing the sperm
took several weeks, the BBC reports.
The researchers from Newcastle say the sperm were fully
mature and they have produced a video to back up their claims but
others say the quality of the images is not good enough and more
data is needed.
