Scientist grows male genitals in lab – and there are fears it could make blokes obsolete

DAILY STAR

Boffinesses have created tiny testicles in a lab – sparking fears it could make men redundant in the future.

Dr Nitzan Gonen, an Israeli scientist, has produced the genitals from cells extracted from mice. But she has said she hopes to be able to produce human versions within five years that could produce sperm.

Dr Gonen, who heads the Sex Determination Laboratory at Bar-Ilan in Israel, said her goal is not to make men redundant in terms of reproduction and just wants to help the global crisis in male fertility.

Dr Gonen, said: “People always ask me if the aim of my work is one day to get rid of men.

“No, definitely not, We need their chromosomes — we have to stick with them.”

The mum of four said her work will help those men who can’t produce sperm and can’t father a child, rather than being used as a way to make babies without a man.

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