An artificial sperm - next year or never?
The idea that a sperm or egg might be formed outside of a gonad is perhaps as bizarre today as human assisted conception and test-tube babies were 30-40 years ago and has received a similar amount of media copy. Here, we review briefly the derivation of mammalian germ cells and sperm cells from embr...
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| author | Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman Moore, Harry |
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| description | The idea that a sperm or egg might be formed outside of a gonad is perhaps as bizarre today as human assisted conception and test-tube babies were 30-40 years ago and has received a similar amount of media copy. Here, we review briefly the derivation of mammalian germ cells and sperm cells from embryonic stem cells in vitro, ask whether these methods are viable and could provide therapies in the future, and discuss what constitutes an `artificial' sperm. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:82552017-05-15T02:09:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8255/ An artificial sperm - next year or never? Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman Moore, Harry RG Gynecology and obstetrics The idea that a sperm or egg might be formed outside of a gonad is perhaps as bizarre today as human assisted conception and test-tube babies were 30-40 years ago and has received a similar amount of media copy. Here, we review briefly the derivation of mammalian germ cells and sperm cells from embryonic stem cells in vitro, ask whether these methods are viable and could provide therapies in the future, and discuss what constitutes an `artificial' sperm. Informa Healthcare 2010-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8255/1/An_artificial_sperm.pdf Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman and Moore, Harry (2010) An artificial sperm - next year or never? Human Fertility, 13 (4). pp. 272-276. ISSN 1464-7273 (P), 1742-8149 (O) http://informahealthcare.com/journal/huf 10.3109/14647273.2010.518659 |
| spellingShingle | RG Gynecology and obstetrics Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman Moore, Harry An artificial sperm - next year or never? |
| title | An artificial sperm - next year or never? |
| title_full | An artificial sperm - next year or never? |
| title_fullStr | An artificial sperm - next year or never? |
| title_full_unstemmed | An artificial sperm - next year or never? |
| title_short | An artificial sperm - next year or never? |
| title_sort | artificial sperm next year or never |
| topic | RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/8255/1/An_artificial_sperm.pdf |
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