Genius Pregnancy » fertilization http://geniuspregnancy.com Your Guide to Pregnancy and Parenting Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:08:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Artificial Spermatozoon Created http://geniuspregnancy.com/news/artificial-spermatozoon-created.html http://geniuspregnancy.com/news/artificial-spermatozoon-created.html#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:47:14 +0000 tania http://geniuspregnancy.com/?p=427 SpermatozoonFirst artificial spermatozoon has been created by scientists at Newcastle University, Great Britain. During this experiment male and female stem cells were utilized to develop a fully-fertile spermatozoon. While female stem cells never produced a male gamete, the same attempt with male cells turned out to be a success.

According to scientists, although the artificially-generated spermatozoon lacks mobility and may fail whenever an ovule is encountered, it possesses qualities of its natural prototype and is capable of fertilization.

Scientists think, this finding may signify a breakthrough advance in infertility treatment which may implement artificial spermatozoon within 10 year time already.

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