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Human sperms made from bone marrow cells
Sperm :: Human sperms made from bone marrow cells
Immature sperm cells have been created from stem cells in human bone marrow. The research has potential application for the treatment for male infertility.The research published in the academic journal Reproduction: Gamete Biology, was carried out in Germany* by a team of scientists led by Professor Karim Nayernia, formerly of the University of G?ttingen but now of the North-east England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI), based at the Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne.
For the experiment, Prof Nayernia and his team took bone marrow from male volunteers and isolated the mesenchymal stem cells. These cells have previously been found to grow into other body tissues such as muscle.
They cultured these cells in the laboratory and coaxed them into becoming male reproductive cells, which are scientifically known as ?germ cells?. Genetic markers showed the presence of partly-developed sperm cells called spermatagonial stem cells, which are an early phase of the male germ cell development. In most men, spermatagonial cells eventually develop into mature, functional sperm but this progression was not achieved in this experiment.
Talking about his newly published research paper, Prof Nayernia, of Newcastle University, said : "We?re very excited about this discovery, particularly as our earlier work in mice suggests that we could develop this work even further.
"Our next goal is to see if we can get the spermatagonial stem cells to progress to mature sperm in the laboratory and this should take around three to five years of experiments. I?ll be collaborating with other NESCI scientists to take this work forward.
Prof Nayernia says a lengthy process of scientific investigation is required within a reasonable ethical and social framework to be able to take this work to its next stage or to say if it has potential applications in terms of fertility treatments in humans.
(Sperm :: Human sperms made from bone marrow cells published at SpiritIndia on Sunday, April 15, 2007)
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