In a First, Weizmann Institute and Cambridge University Scientists Create Human Primordial Germ Cells
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Weizmann's Dr. Jacob Hanna and Cambridge University scientists have made a first-in-the-world breakthrough: creating human primordial cells. The group has turned back the clock on human cells to create primordial germ cells: the embryonic cells that give rise to sperm and ova. Scientists worldwide have been pursuing this goal for several years.