Human skin DNA fertilised to make embryo for first time

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent

OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks A clear petri dish stands is illuminated from below through an aperture in a black platform. There are blobs of fluid in the petri dish and two needle-like implements are there to perform microscopic manipulation of embryos 
OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks

US scientists have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people’s skin cells and then fertilising it with sperm.

The technique…

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