A team of scientists led by Dr. Nitzan Gonen worked on creating lab-grown testicles at Bar-Ilan University with the Testis Organoids project. They look into understanding its functions and promoting male fertility as a whole by engineering a collection of immature cells from the testicles of newborn mice.
This is then observed to mirror the testicular tissue and the cells are nurtured in the lab over nine weeks while it is still in the early stages of development. During this time, they began to show signs of early sperm cell production. This is an important function of creating testicles that are both artificial and fully functional. Additionally, these cells also separate and organize themselves into tubular structures.Dr. Gonen states, “Artificial testicles are a promising model for basic research on testicle development and function, which can be translated into therapeutic applications for disorders of sexual development and infertility.”
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