Japanese scientists managed to get offspring from two male mice. It has been reported Telegram Citing the results of a study that Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi of Osaka University has not yet published, but presented at the International Human Genome Editing Summit at the Francis Crick Institute in London.
According to the article, the research involved creating a stem cell from a male mouse skin cell, then removing the Y chromosome and allowing the X chromosome to develop into an egg.
As a result of 600 implantation attempts with this method, seven puppies were born, they continued to lead a healthy life and got their own offspring.
The Telegraph states that this method could pave the way for the treatment of a type of infertility in women.
At the same time, the scientists stressed that much more research and other important questions on this topic need to be done before such a method can be tested in humans.
Biologists before forced Mice wake up with hormone injection.