TOKYO -- A panel for Japan's Cabinet Office agreed Thursday to allow research on the creation of fertilized egg cells from sperm and eggs produced from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells for such purposes as understanding infertility.
Growing in the lab limited to 14 days

Researchers hope to gain insights into infertility using the fertilized eggs produced from iPS cells. © Kyodo
TOKYO -- A panel for Japan's Cabinet Office agreed Thursday to allow research on the creation of fertilized egg cells from sperm and eggs produced from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells for such purposes as understanding infertility.