They managed to prevent the destruction of oocytes in female mice who were undergoing radiotherapy.
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The scientists say they have found a way of interrupting the chemical sequence of events which leads to apoptosis of oocytes.
Now they are hopeful that the technique could one day be used to protect human oocytes against the ravages of cancer treatments.
The team from the US and Japan then transferred this gene, along with the one for GFP, into feline eggs - known as oocytes.
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