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A new tool for understanding chromosome abnormalities in the eggs of older women

Human egg cells are often prone to chromosomal errors. As women age, the error rate increases sharply — and can contribute to infertility, pregnancy loss, and ...
KGW8

OHSU researchers may have a fertility breakthrough on their hands, though it's early in the process

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health and Science University has published new research that could represent a game-changer for fertility treatments. At the same time, an anti-abortion group is raising ...
WOOD-TV

Scientists create eggs from human skin cells, though not usable yet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive. But the experiment ...
MedPage Today

Researchers Turn Human Skin Cells Into Eggs — But Not Yet Usable Ones

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive. But the experiment resulted in ...
Oregonian

OHSU researchers create human eggs from skin cells, pointing to new frontier in fertility treatment

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have achieved a scientific first: transforming human skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab. Their study, published Tuesday in Nature ...
New York Post

Human eggs created from skin cells for first time in landmark fertility study

Scientists have made a landmark breakthrough that enables the creation of viable human egg cells from a skin cell, new research claims. The study, published in Nature Communications, detailed how US ...
Phys.org

Human skin cells turned into fertilisable eggs for first time

Scientists said Tuesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilized them with sperm in the lab for the first time—a breakthrough that is hoped to one day let infertile people have ...