A scientist at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH) in Mumbai an institute under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) says a new type of stem cell identified by her team can help restore fertility in men and women who have undergone treatment for cancer. Cancer treatment or oncotherapy that involves use of radiation and chemicals renders patients infertile as an unwanted side effect and while cured of cancer they cannot beget children. Though women are born with a lifetime reserve of oocytes ( immature eggs) these are wiped out by oncotherapy. In males the testes