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Perhaps one day it will be possible to create an unlimited supply of human eggs, which will be a real revolution in fertility treatment.
Scientists have discovered stem cells in women's eggs who spontaneously produced new eggs in the laboratory.
The idea behind this theory is that a woman is born with a limited number of eggs, as opposed to men who can produce sperm for life.
However, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital were able to find stem cells in women of reproductive age and grow immature eggs.
They looked completely normal, and when they were implanted in uterine tissue, they developed normally within two weeks. All this can result in people having an unlimited supply of eggs in the future.
So far, studies have only been conducted on mice that have been able to produce an embryo. However, for legal reasons, scientists are not yet able to use these eggs to produce human embryos.
This study offers many opportunities to maintain the fertility of women who, for example, are being treated for cancer or for those who suffer from infertility.
At the moment, those women who face infertility problems have the opportunity to undergo IVF (in vitro fertilization), but at the same time they receive only a few eggs and they are not I always manage to grow. In addition, many women try to freeze their eggs to build a career before conceiving a child.