Artificial Sperm? End Of Male Infertility?

Couples struggling with infertility can spend thousands of dollars looking for a scientific answer, which often increases the tension of the situation, making it even more difficult to achieve a successful pregnancy.

Friends of mine have spent about a year and a half trying to conceive through in vitro fertilization. The process took their economies and imposed restrictions on their diet and daily life as anticipate carefully "fertile days" each month. The hormonal rollercoaster ride her to endure has become an important factor in the abandonment of the process system. Terrible strain was placed on their relationship. It was even difficult for family and friends, like me, who always wanted to be supportive, but feared see the body language between them.

Infertility can be related to both sexes. In 60% of cases of female infertility is related, but 40% of the time, is caused by male complications. It also found that in 25% of couples, both partners have fertility problems.

But now Japanese scientists believe they have made a breakthrough in the way we treat infertility in men. For the first time, sperm increased from scratch in a laboratory. It took about ten weeks to grow mouse sperm stem cells.

Then the artificial sperm was implanted into the testes of infertile male mice, which was then extracted and used to fertilize mouse eggs in a petri dish. Then the mother mouse feeder was artificially inseminated with two sets of embryos, produced apparently healthy mice. These mice then went to play in regular conditions.

This breakthrough in research on stem cells could be all sorts of positive impact on the advancement of regenerative medicine. Stem cells are the main code of the body, which are the source of all cells and tissues. They develop in all the different types of cells and multiply. Scientists studying they hope will be essential in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.

The most encouraging part is that this new discovery made by Japanese scientists can study immediately to determine if it can shed light on, or problems even correct male infertility. Especially in cases where people can not produce sperm at all.

Will artificial sperm can be used to solve human infertility? This is a possibility which is still years or decades before being applied to humans. And, it is safe to start a new wave of controversy regarding the ethical and legal dilemmas.