In A First, Healthy Mice Born From Same-sex Parents

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By Roni Dengler
Oct 11, 2018 4:32 PMMay 21, 2019 4:04 PM
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A healthy adult "bimaternal" mouse. (Credit: Leyun Wang)

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Chinese researchers have created healthy mice from two biological moms for the first time. The pups grew to adulthood and even went on to have normal offspring of their own, scientists announced today in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The researchers also produced mice with two dads, but the pups only survived a few days.

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