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Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg(www.bbc.co.uk)

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SmokeInFog@midwest.social
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Does this really solve the ethical wicket of human embryo testing? Is tricking stem cells into forming an embryo really that different from fertilizing an egg with a sperm cell to form an embryo? Like, would this still develop into a functional human being if implanted into a womb?

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culpritus [any]@hexbear.net
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The researchers stress it would be unethical, illegal and actually impossible to achieve a pregnancy using these embryo models - assembling the 120 cells together goes beyond the point an embryo could successfully implant into the lining of the womb.

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exploding_whale@lemmy.ml
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It probably just raises further ethical questions.

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balderdash@lemmy.zip
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Brave New World incoming

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