Babies from Skin Cells? : New assisted reproductive technologies are turning science fiction into reality.

"It may sound like it\´s on the scientific fringe, but it\´s not a pipe dream. This is actually happening." When stem-cell researcher Dr. Kyle Orwig, of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, made this remark, he was talking about the groundbreaking work that is generating eggs and sperm from skin cells. But he could have been talking about any number of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) that are rapidly advancing in research labs around the world and, in some cases, are starting to make their way into the clinic.