No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells

Thursday, October 29, 2009

From the Daily Mail…

Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory in research which could change the face of parenthood.

It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help those left sterile by cancer treatment to have children who are biologically their own.

But it raises a number of moral and ethical concerns. These include the possibility of children being born through entirely artificial means, and men and women being sidelined from the process of making babies.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1223617/No-men-OR-women-needed-artificial-sperm-eggs-created-time.html#ixzz0VMCIRIRF

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One Response to “No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells”

  1. Dan

    On the one hand, it’s cool. On the other hand, Brave New World.

    But mainly, it’s for the time when someone says men aren’t needed for reproduction. Neither are women!

    #3106

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