The human egg is back.
In a recent issue of Nature, Tachibana et al. (2009) conducted chromosomal transfer into recipient primate oocytes to yield live offspring or monkey ESCs with no contribution of donor mitochondria. The success of this technique may increase demand for human oocyte donation for research.
Cibelli
Jose
J
Departments of Animal Science and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. cibelli@msu.edu
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