Gizmodo

Biologists Turn Skin Cells Into Human Eggs in Groundbreaking Experiment

New research shows it's possible to reprogram skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab, though it's just a proof of concept for now. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes A team of ...
Yahoo

Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs -- but not yet usable ones

This undated image provided by the Mitalipov Laboratory at Oregon Health & Science University shows a a microscope image of a human egg that contains a nucleus taken from a skin cell. (Mitalipov ...
Wired

Scientists Made Human Eggs From Skin Cells and Used Them to Form Embryos

In a controversial step that raises the possibility of a new kind of infertility treatment, scientists report that they have produced functional human eggs in the lab that were able to be fertilized ...
Health.com

FDA Announces Egg Recall Due to Salmonella Contamination—Check Your Fridge Now

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Certain cartons of large brown eggs have been recalled ...
New York Post

Human eggs created from skin cells for first time in landmark fertility study

Scientists have made a landmark breakthrough that enables the creation of viable human egg cells from a skin cell, new research claims. The study, published in Nature Communications, detailed how US ...
Newsweek

Eggs Recalled After Nearly 100 Illnesses Issued Highest Risk Warning

A nationwide recall has been issued for eggs after almost 100 people fell ill in a salmonella outbreak, with regulators giving the products their highest food safety warning. Country Eggs LLC has ...
NPR

Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...
CNN

Scientists use human skin cells to create functional eggs, opening a door to new infertility treatments

Scientists have used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs capable of producing early embryos, an advance that could expand possibilities for fertility treatment, according to new research. The ...
The Economist

A new technique can turn a woman’s skin cells into eggs

MANY COUPLES struggle to conceive. Some are helped by IVF (in-vitro fertilisation). But if the woman has no usable eggs to fertilise, they must either give up or use a donor. Researchers have thus ...
Reuters

Scientists create human eggs using skin cells

The method could one day become a treatment for infertility A decade of further research needed, scientists say The process overcomes an obstacle that stymied previous attempts Significant safety ...
Boston Herald

Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs — but not yet usable ones

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive. Another US strike in ...