Scientists create artificial sperm cells; Papers hype all-female conception – On Deadline – USATODAY.com — There goes the neighborhood. I’m also guessing that every science fiction writer out there is dealing with this idea.
Scientists say they have managed for the first time to create artificial sperm cells, a development that the popular press has seized upon as a sign that sterile men — and even women — may be able to fertilize eggs in the future.
The researchers turned adult stem cells from bone marrow into immature sperm cells. They’re excited about the discovery, but say that it could take three to five years to develop a process whereby the cells develop into the more mature sperm cells found in the testes.
“This finding is of interest but we really need to be very cautious about the interpretation,” a leading biologist tells BBC News.
The female sperm could only create female babies by the way.
