Scientists made human egg cells from skin cells

The proof-of-concept feat could one day help infertile people have children

An artist rendering of a translucent purple cell with bright orange chromosomes going through meiosis.

Human skin cells fused with an empty egg were coaxed into expelling half their chromosomes in a process called meiosis (process illustrated here). That allowed them to become functional eggs that could form early embryos.

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Creating human eggs from adult cells just got one step closer to reality.