Healthy Mice from Same-Sex Parents Have Their Own Pups
October 15, 2018
(Nature) – For the first time, researchers have used the DNA from two mouse mothers to create healthy pups, some of which matured and had their own offspring. The scientists also produced baby mice using the combined genetic material from two fathers, although those pups only lived for a couple of days. The method the team used to create the pups, described in a study1 published on 11 October in Cell Stem Cell, reveals important genetic factors necessary for the development of healthy embryos. But scientists are sceptical that the technique could ever be applied to people.
