title: Stem cell therapy for male infertility takes a step forward.
abstract: The feasibility of using spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) for cell-based infertility treatment has suffered from a lack of evidence in a preclinical nonhuman primate model. In this issue, Hermann et al. (2012) demonstrate that autologous and allogeneic transplantation of SSCs in testes of rhesus macaques produced functional sperm.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Firlej
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barraud-Lange
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fouchet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D013093:Spermatogonia / Q000637:transplantation*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D013737:Testis / Q000637:transplantation*