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RaoulDuke ( RaoulDuke@lemmy.nz )  to World News · 3 years ago

Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance

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Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance

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RaoulDuke ( RaoulDuke@lemmy.nz )  to World News · 3 years ago
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Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issues
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  • luciole (they/them) ( luciole@beehaw.org ) 
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    Big takeaway here is that the embryo created with this technique in animals never could be grown into a live individual. And that science is progressing much faster than law. I’d add that it’s progressing faster than ethics as well.

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    Does making this discovery count as losing your virginity?

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