Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance

https://ground.news/article/synthetic-human-embryos-created-in-groundbreaking-advance_73a920

Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells in a groundbreaking advance that side-stepped the need for eggs or sperm. Scientists say that these model embryos – which resemble those in the earliest stages of human development – could provide a crucial window into the impact of genetic disorders and the biological causes of recurrent miscarriage.

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updawg@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
Maeve@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y (2 replies)

When this becomes viable, watch “natural” (as opposed to “lab-grown”?) humans in the USA suddenly become legally required to get abortions/sterilization, and no rights for any human.

exohuman@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Could you explain why you think that would be the case?

Maeve@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

I exaggerated, I meant predominantly red states who are running wedge campaigns and grandstanding as “prolifers,” with the rapid slide toward nearly full-blown corporatism, which some European coined a whole new word for, about half century ago (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism).