by rss feed | May 10, 2026 | FDA, IVG, News Feeds, stem cell IVF, weekly reads
Have we reached the reproductive frontier of lab-grown sperm? Producing oocytes in the lab has always been thought to be the initial focus in this arena. It was thought that figuring out the way to maked lab-grown sperm would take longer. Now a new report suggests...
by rss feed | Oct 12, 2025 | IVG, John Gurdon's death, News Feeds, stem cell IVG, weekly reads
Many researchers around the world are trying to make human eggs outside the body. The main point of this lab effort to make human oocytes seems to be to assist with infertility. However, the broader technology of in vitro gametogenesis or IVG (which in theory could...
by rss feed | Aug 17, 2025 | direct reprogramming, George Church interview, IVG, News Feeds, weekly reads
I’m a sucker for direct reprogramming technology and find myself looking out for papers on the subject. In this particular reprogramming process, which more often used to be called transdifferentiation, one at least partially differentiated cell type is directly...
by rss feed | Feb 26, 2025 | assisted reproduction, Conception Bio, Gameto, human gene editing, in vitro gametogenesis, IVG, IVG diagram, News Feeds
There is growing interest in a possible new reproductive method based on something called in vitro gametogenesis or IVG. Today’s post explains IVG including its potential pros and cons. I also discuss why its possible combination with gene editing is so...
by rss feed | Jul 23, 2023 | Conception Bio, in vitro gametogenesis, IVG, News Feeds, weekly reads
The Bay Area biotech Conception Bio has an intriguing name. What does “conception” mean here? Scientists can make many things from stem cells. For example, lately I’ve written a lot about stem cell-based human embryo models. Another intriguing area...
