Technology for lab-grown eggs or sperm on brink of viability, UK fertility watchdog finds

Exclusive: In-vitro gametes are viewed as the holy grail of fertility research

Mass-producing eggs and sperm in a laboratory in order to have a baby with yourself or three other people in a “multiplex” parenting arrangement might sound like the plot of a dystopian novel.

But these startling scenarios are under consideration by the UK’s fertility watchdog, which has concluded that the technology could be on the brink of viability.

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