Using advanced new gene-editing techniques, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have produced healthy, viable mouse babies using DNA taken from two mothers—without a father in sight.

As detailed in a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, scientists achieved this feat of same-sex murine parentage by using CRISPR techniques to rein in rogue genes that undergo a troublesome ...

All mammals on Earth reproduce in nature by mating with the opposite sex. Now, scientists have overcome this mammalian reproduction barrier — with mice. A paper published today in the journal Cell ...

A virgin mouse has given birth to babies that were conceived from an unfertilized egg, as part of a groundbreaking new study. The experiment, which was conducted by researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong ...

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have produced healthy mice from two mothers that were then able to have healthy offspring themselves. The research published today in Cell Stem Cell, ...

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When scientists made immature human egg cells from donated blood, some speculated that human reproduction was on the verge of a massive disruption. The future is now. Last week, a team from China ...

Naturally, mammals can only reproduce sexually – which has its upsides of course, but it makes us a little less adaptable than other species that can do things by themselves. In investigating why that ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. To us mere humans, the concept of ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have successfully produced offspring from mice with two fathers and no mother—a first in the world of genetic science. This unprecedented achievement advances ...