Sarju Kaul
London
July 8: In a major breakthrough, a team of British scientists claimed on Wednesday to have created human sperm artificially using embryonic stem cells for the first time in medical history.
The development will lead to a better understanding of the causes of infertility, said researchers led by Prof. Karim Nayernia at Newcastle University and the NorthEast England Stem Cell Institute.
However, the artificially-developed sperm will not be used to create artificial test-tube babies, the researchers said, trying to ease ethical and moral concerns over the medical breakthrough.
Fertilisation of human eggs and implantation of embryos is prohibited by UK law and would hold no scientific merit, the research team clarified and added it wants to study the process as a model for research.
Courtessy-ASIAN AGE news paper
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