Eight proteins turn mouse stem cells into egglike cells

“A core set of eight proteins can transform stem cells from mice into cells that look a lot like immature egg cells called oocytes. The egglike cells could not undergo meiosis to cut the total chromosomes in half as they should, but they could be fertilized by sperm and then divide until they hit the eight-cell stage of embryonic development. . . ,” researchers from Kyushu University in Japan report.      MORE

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