Infertile men could become fathers in latest breakthrough

A SCIENTIFIC breakthrough that resulted in the birth of healthy mice from artificially derived sperm could pave the way for infertile men to become fathers.

Fertility experts believe it may eventually lead to a process whereby sperm could be developed from skin cells or bone marrow.

A paper on the Japanese research led by Dr Katsuhiko Hayashi, from Kyoto University, appeared yesterday in the journal Cell.