Article: North research offers hope to infertile couples.

Byline: Helen Rae

ABREAKTHROUGH in medical science is offering new hope to infertile couples. Human sperm have been created using embryonic stem cells for the time in a scientific development which will lead researchers to a better understanding of the causes of infert y. But it will not be used to create human babies - and will not mean the end of men, they said. A team of 20 researchers, led by Prof Karim Nayernia at Newcastle University and the NorthEast England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) have developed a new technique to grow sperm from embryonic stem cells. ...

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