Scientists just created female clones of male mice
12-08-2026 20:59 via technologyreview.com

Scientists just created female clones of male mice

Scientists have deliberately turned male mouse embryos into females for the first time. A team based in Japan used a CRISPR-based approach to remove the Y chromosome from male cells and create female clones of male mice. “No one has done this before,” says Monika Ward, a reproductive biologist at the University of Hawaii, who was not involved in the research.The feat could change the way scientists think about reproduction, says Takashi Ishiuchi, a reproductive biologist at the
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