Babies Could Be Born Without Mothers
The TelegraphOCT 2025
Scientists achieved a groundbreaking fertility breakthrough by creating functional human eggs from skin cells that can be fertilized and develop into early embryos. This revolutionary technique could transform reproductive medicine by helping gay couples have genetically related children and offering hope to women with fertility problems or those who've lost eggs due to cancer treatment.
This experimental technique remains dangerously premature with severe chromosomal defects plaguing all resulting embryos and success rates under 10 percent. The random chromosome segregation creates aneuploid embryos that would fail in the womb, making clinical application at least a decade away while significant safety challenges persist.
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