The human egg is back.

Cibelli, Jose · Cell Stem Cell · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

In a recent issue of Nature, Tachibana et al. (2009) conducted chromosomal transfer into recipient primate oocytes to yield live offspring or monkey ESCs with no contribution of donor mitochondria. The success of this technique may increase demand for human oocyte donation for research.

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