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Skin cells might be used instead of eggs to make embryos (theguardian.com)
3 points by fmihaila on Sept 13, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



This is going to be huge for comoditizing IVF and drastically dropping the cost.

No more having to stim ovaries for them to overproduce eggs for retrieval (with a long, large bore needle guided by ultrasound), which is the most expensive part of the IVF protocol.


So you're saying Adam and Steve have a chance?




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