Women in
decades to come may be able to store their eggs as a powder and simply
add water and sperm when they want to start a family.
Now scientists in Israel have developed a method to ‘powderise’ eggs — in this case, cows’ eggs — to store them.
First,
they freeze the eggs: it takes less than a tenth of a second for the
eggs to reach a temperature of minus 200c, too short a time for ice
crystals to form, which can damage their cellular structure.
The
frozen eggs are then held for a day at minus 55c at low pressure to
convert them into a powder, which can be stored at room temperature
indefinitely.
VIA dailymail
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