(Credit: Newcastle University, England)
Sounds like something that is impossible. But according to the researchers in Germany, it is not quite an ‘impossible’ task.
A research carried out in Germany has successfully produced early-stage sperm cells by culturing isolated stem cells from human bone marrow. (Stem cells are special type of cells which have the ability to develop in to other body tissues such as muscles)
For this remarkable experiment scientists took isolated stem cells from human bone marrow and cultured in the laboratory conditions. Then these cells were coaxed to differentiate into germ cells—male reproductive cells. The results were surprising; researchers were able to correctly identify the presence of early-stage sperm cells which are also described as spermatagonial stem cells, in the same culture medium informing them that the cells previously obtained from the bone marrow have converted into male reproductive cells.
"We're very excited about this discovery, particularly as our earlier work in mice suggests that we could develop this work even further” says Prof Nayernia, of Newcastle University who was formerly a professor at University of Göttingen.
However scientists are still working on this project in order to produce fully matured, functional sperm cells from bone marrow in addition to cells in the early stage
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A research carried out in Germany has successfully produced early-stage sperm cells by culturing isolated stem cells from human bone marrow. (Stem cells are special type of cells which have the ability to develop in to other body tissues such as muscles)
For this remarkable experiment scientists took isolated stem cells from human bone marrow and cultured in the laboratory conditions. Then these cells were coaxed to differentiate into germ cells—male reproductive cells. The results were surprising; researchers were able to correctly identify the presence of early-stage sperm cells which are also described as spermatagonial stem cells, in the same culture medium informing them that the cells previously obtained from the bone marrow have converted into male reproductive cells.
"We're very excited about this discovery, particularly as our earlier work in mice suggests that we could develop this work even further” says Prof Nayernia, of Newcastle University who was formerly a professor at University of Göttingen.
However scientists are still working on this project in order to produce fully matured, functional sperm cells from bone marrow in addition to cells in the early stage
Read the original article ; Category : Cell Biology, Human Biology
