Utah Biotech Claims Lab-Grown Sperm Can Create Embryos, Fueling Fertility Breakthrough Debate
TL;DR
A Utah startup, aided by Mayo Clinic, says it has grown mature sperm from spermatogonial stem cells in the lab and used them to generate preliminary human embryos for safety testing, signaling a potential fertility breakthrough, but the findings haven’t been peer‑reviewed yet and costs could be a barrier.
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