Female Sperm

[ydoaPs]

"Good news for lesbians who want to have biological children related to both parents: a new stem-cell technique could allow scientists to convert female cells into sperm. Use that sperm to fertilize an egg, and voila: children with two female biological parents.

 

In unpublished work reported by New Scientist and the Telegraph, British scientists at the University of Newcastle coaxed female embryonic stem cells to develop into primitive sperm cells. Next, the researchers, led by stem-cell biologist Karim Nayernia, plan to create sperm cells from female bone marrow, making the procedure more practical. They haven't yet made the primitive sperm undergo the final cell division that generates the correct amount of genetic material for fertilization, a process known as meiosis."

 

You can read the whole article here.

[Psycho]

I really can't see that been around any time soon.

 

They haven't yet made the primitive sperm undergo the final cell division that generates the correct amount of genetic material for fertilization

That is kind of a serious point, as in so far they haven't even got close and to be honest then you have to get it to work all the time, this seems like one of those things that never will or would be extremely expensive as many replicates would have to be made to get one with a full chromosome complement with no genetic abnormalities, that is beside the ethical issue.

 

But I am sure they will get around to it, even if it is never used the research will help greatly somewhere along the line.

[thedarkshade]

And the age of immorality has now come!

 

Prepare for the 'day of judgment' people! These are the signs of ultimate calamity>!

 

edit: Interesting article though. Thanks for sharing YDOP!

[Paralith]

I don't think it will be successful without some genetic tinkering. Neither parent will have a Y chromosome, and the Y chromosome contains some genes that are required for the development of fully functioning sperm.

[Daecon]

Why can't they just fuse two ova?