“British scientists are ready to turn female bone marrow into sperm, cutting men out of the process of creating life.
“The breakthrough paves the way for lesbian couples to have children that are biologically their own.
“Gay men could follow suit by using the technique to make eggs from male bone marrow.
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“But critics warn that it sidelines men and raises the prospect of babies being born through entirely artificial means.
“The research centres around stem cells - the body's 'mother' cells which can turn into any other type of cell.
“According to New Scientist magazine, the scientists want to take stem cells from a woman donor's bone marrow and transform them into sperm through the use of special chemicals and vitamins.
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