Biotech startup Conception claims to have generated the first early human egg cells derived from stem cells, built entirely from scratch
https://www.conception.bio/science-and-updates/the-first-early-human-eggs-from-stem-cells
https://www.conception.bio/science-and-updates/the-first-early-human-eggs-from-stem-cells
9 Comments
Innerworld@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 73d
What are we doing?
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 73d
taking genetic errors out of the equation. I'm sure the result will be beautiful
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 72d
Isn't there a Doctor Seus book about this...?
edit
Yeah, The Sneetches
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories
Dr. Seus was a complicated figure, but he evolved as he got older.
tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 71d
Sneetches get Steetches
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 71d
Nice :)
Contramuffin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 72d
Ignoring the ethics questions, this seems like a very bad idea based purely on the insane amount of safety questions involved that are likely unsolvable
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 73d
Even if our knowledge of human biology, neuroscience and consciousness were much more advanced than they are now this would be frightening and ill advised
Ixoid@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 72d
What could go wrong?
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 71d
drewls happily