article_snippet.sent: Under proposals put forward by Dr Luhan Yang, human ovarian tissue from women undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer could be used to obtain immature egg cells.
article_snippet.sent: immature egg cells could then be encouraged to grow in the laboratory before using CRISPR to remove the genetic fault causing ovarian cancer.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Luhan Yang, a scientist with Church's group proposed using immature egg cells from the ovaries taken from women undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer.
article_snippet.sent: immature egg cells would be grown and coaxed into dividing before a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR would be used to correct the genetic fault that was causing ovarian cancer.