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Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? Reproduction revolution on the horizon

Very fascinating. But still doesn’t solve the problem, which is that most people don’t want to raise a child, regardless of source.

zarathustra1313

Very fascinating. But still doesn’t solve the problem, which is that most people don’t want to raise a child, regardless of source.


dissolutewastrel

FTA: > That raises a long list of other provocative possibilities, he says, including "90-year-old genetic mothers, 9-year-old genetic mothers, 9-month-old fetuses that become genetic parents, people who've been dead for three years whose cells were saved who become parents."


CMVB

Somehow, each of those feels more dystopian than pure cloning.


DecisionAromatic5785

"90 year old genetic mothers, 9 year old genetic mothers, 9 month old fetuses that become genetic parents, and people who've been dead for 3 years whose cells were saved who become parents." What's next? Are we going to create dinosaurs using frog DNA...?