Scientists claim they have grown human sperm in the lab: Potential benefits for infertile men and yo - Polidicks

[b]Scientists claim they have grown human sperm in the lab[/b] Via [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-claim-they-have-grown-human-sperm-in-the-lab-10509242.html]The Independent[/url] ____________________ [quote][img]http://i.imgur.com/j431SmK.jpg[/img] [i]Scientists have tried to produce in vitro human sperm for two decades[/i] - - - Human sperm cells have been made in the laboratory for the first time by culturing immature cells taken from the testes of infertile men. The breakthrough promises to help young boys made sterile by cancer treatments and adult men who cannot make their own sperm, scientists have claimed. The sperm cells made in an artificial “bioreactor” look identical to those produced naturally. The technology could be used in two to four years to help infertile men have their own biological children, according to researchers based at a French national research institute in Lyon. Scientists have been trying for two decades to find a way of producing human sperm in the test tube (in vitro). But no one has been able to complete the complicated cycles of cell division and development that lead the immature “germ cells” in the male testes to become fully mature sperm cells capable of successfully fertilising eggs. A collaborative team led by Philippe Durand, scientific director of a biotechnology start-up called Kallistem, now claims to have produced mature human sperm in vitro from immature germ cells taken from the testes of six men who are infertile.[/quote] Damn good news!

the fall of man and rise of the matriarchy has begun

More like they took broken sperm and made it better

Will the newly conceived children have the same risk of being infertile as the father (assuming the biological factor)? Would it then be worth it?

[QUOTE=DanTehMan;48729569]Will the newly conceived children have the same risk of being infertile as the father (assuming the biological factor)? Would it then be worth it?[/QUOTE] Infertility is not exactly a genetic thing, there are so many places the process can get bottlenecked or broken on the way, and that's before you get to the actual sperm viability. [editline]21st September 2015[/editline] One thing that stands out, somewhere there is a lab with a big lab reactor just churning out sperm. Ain't science wonderful

[QUOTE=Soleeedus;48729507]the fall of man and rise of the matriarchy has begun[/QUOTE]Well using another egg to "fertilize" an egg has been possible, but the end result would be a female as there was never a Y chromosome. More complicated and convoluted but it's been a thing for a couple decades now. [editline]21st September 2015[/editline] And yes, I realize your post wasn't serious but I just wanted to share that.

Really, egg fertilizing an egg? Wow what

[QUOTE=Fourier;48730117]Really, egg fertilizing an egg? Wow what[/QUOTE] Eggs contain an XX chromosome set, sperm contains either one X or one Y set. When it penetrates the egg and releases it's DNA there ends up being three strands of DNA which compete with each other, one strand from the egg side is ejected from the cell and the remaining set pairs with the one from the sperm. In egg to egg a preferred strand of DNA from the partner egg is placed into a pre-fertilised egg which has had the sperm's dna removed. Downside is that this will currently always result in a girl. As women do not carry a Y gene. Technology has been in works since 2001 or something, so it's cool to finally see more progress as time goes on. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1431489.stm[/url] [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/3323846/Sperm-cells-created-from-female-embryo.html[/url]

[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;48729958]Well using another egg to "fertilize" an egg has been possible, but the end result would be a female as there was never a Y chromosome.[/QUOTE] And that's exactly how the matriarchy begins.