Egg stem cells do not exist
Many couples experience involuntary childlessness and seek treatment at fertility clinics and to improve outcomes for such couples, a significant study has revealed that the hotly debated egg stem cells do not exist in human overy. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet...
Updated At : 01:32 PM Mar 03, 2020 IST
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Many couples experience involuntary childlessness and seek treatment at fertility clinics and to improve outcomes for such couples, a significant study has revealed that the hotly debated egg stem cells do not exist in human overy.
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden analysed all cell types in the human ovary to reach this conclusion.
The new study substantiates previously reported findings from animal studies – that egg stem cells do not exist.
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Instead, these are so-called perivascular cells, said the study published in Nature Communications.
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