"The prospect of women conceiving without men has moved a step closer after Chinese researchers produced a baby mouse from an unfertilised egg for the first time."

"Parthenogenesis, the Ancient Greek term for a virgin birth, is used by scientists to describe a process where eggs spontaneously divide, without fertilisation by sperm, to form an embryo... 'Could this be moved straight to humans? The answer is no, because you’re talking about having hundreds of miscarriages to get one baby.... Other people who’ve commented on it have said this could be moved to humans within ten years. I disagree with that. But it does make it more realistic that a similar approach could eventually be done in humans.'"

The London Times reports.

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