From a skin cell 'fast track' to get an embryo - Biotech. The new technique, tested in mice, marks a new step towards the treatment of infertility.
The next step, say the researchers, will be to test the technique also with human oocytes, but it will still take many years before it can come close to a clinical application. The technique is based on the one that was used in 1996 to clone Dolly the sheep, but has been modified to generate embryos that possess the chromosomes of two individuals.