Human skin cells transformed into eggs in embryo study, fueling fertility hopes

Oregon Health & Science University researchers developed "mitomeiosis," a groundbreaking process that transforms human skin cells into functional eggs by transplanting skin cell nuclei into donor eggs, causing them to naturally discard half their chromosomes. While only 9% of the resulting embryos developed properly and clinical use remains a decade away, this breakthrough could eventually help infertile women and same-sex couples have genetically related children.