Scientists Turn Mice Skin Cells into Eggs
NEW YORK — Scientists at Kyoto University have turned mouse skin cells into eggs that produced baby mice — a technique that if successfully applied to humans could someday allow women to stop worrying about the ticking of their biological clocks and perhaps even help couples create "designer babies."
Source: Japan Times. Read full article. (link)
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Nature's way of creating humans seems to be working pretty well. Check out this clock:
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html