Generation of rat offspring from ovarian oocytes by cross-species hair transplant
The concept of developing oocytes in the ovary to produce offspring has actually been carried out in different methods. One such approach, ovarian transplant, is a reasonably easy treatment for acquiring eggs, compared to in vitro culture of ovaries and hair follicles. It is still challenging to transplant ovaries into cellular immunodeficient mice and produce offspring from the eggs grown in the mice.
In order to produce offspring from xenotransplanted ovaries, Japanese scientists at Niigata University and University of Toyama performed a research study to develop a system to produce offspring from eggs acquired by transplanting rat ovaries into mice.
The scientists implanted rat ovaries under the kidney pills of immunodeficient mice and verified their practicality. They administered horm...