Brinker stepped in and had the idea of extracting living cells from genetically modified organisms and grafting them onto the backs of cockroaches controlled by pheromones.

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At this week's meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, in Berlin, research groups from America, Belgium, Denmark and South Korea announced significant progress in ovarian grafting.

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But it's a pivot away from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, " which Mr. Grahame-Smith created by grafting zombie scenes into Jane Austen's text.

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