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BBC Inside Science — Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?
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Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?

BBC Inside Science

Scientists in the US have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people's skin cells and then fertilising them with sperm. It’s hoped the technique could overcome infertility due to old age or disease. Marnie Chesterton is joined by Dr Geraldine Jowett from the University of…

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