IVG: when a cell becomes an option.

In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is the effort to turn ordinary somatic cells, such as skin or blood cells, into functional eggs or sperm in the laboratory. The process begins by reprogramming those cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), then guiding them through the complex developmental path that normally occurs inside the gonads.

In mice, this has already worked: multiple research groups in Japan and the United States have produced fertile offspring from IVG-derived gametes. Human research is advancing, with several labs and companies now generating early-stage germ cells and, in some cases, immature gametes. Full functional human gametes suitable for reproduction have not yet been achieved.

We simply preserve the cells that future breakthroughs may one day make useful.

No sample, no options. Ever. Every version of this future, whatever form it takes and whatever the law eventually permits, starts from one non-negotiable input: an intact biological sample of a specific person. Preservation is the cheap, boring first step that keeps every later door open, and the one step that cannot be taken retroactively.

You are not buying a descendant. You are buying the right to still be in the conversation when the science arrives.

MySpawn™ performs no cloning, gene editing, IVG, or reproductive services of any kind. We preserve biological material and personal records. Everything above is context, not an offer.