A TRANSPLANT technique has been devised that could effectively remove men from the process of creating life.
Scientists have grown human sperm cells from bone marrow, it emerged last night.
They say this may lead to groundbreaking treatment for thousands of men, including cancer patients left sterile by chemotherapy.
But the technique provoked an ethical storm and could soon be jettisoned by the Government over concerns about the safety of using artificial sperm.
Critics said the treatment threatened to breach moral boundaries as it would effectively lead to men being made redundant.
The technique, which could be adapted to help female infertility by growing eggs in a lab, would raise
the prospect of children being born through entirely artificial means.
If the technology were abused, men could be completely sidelined.
A forthcoming shake-up of Britain's fertility laws could see ministers outlaw the use of labgrown sperm and eggs in IVF treatment even in research.
The scientists say it would be wrong to ban such a possibly lifealtering treatment before its potential has been established.
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