Researchers Generate Mature Egg Cells From Early Ovarian Follicles
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 15:42
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have for the first time activated mouse egg cells at the earliest stage of their development and brought them to maturity. In a related experiment, the researchers replicated the finding by also bringing human eggs to maturity in the laboratory.