Big news in biotech: Scientists created what appeared to be a mouse embryo using stem cells. From the Telegraph story: <\/p>\n
Artificial human life could soon be grown from scratch in the lab, after scientists successfully created a mammal embryo using only stem cells. <\/p>\n
Cambridge University mixed two kinds of mouse stem cells and placed them on a 3D scaffold. After four days of growth in a tank of chemicals designed to mimic conditions inside the womb, the cells formed the structure of a living mouse embryo. <\/p>\n
The breakthrough has been described as a masterpiece in bioengineering, which could eventually allow scientists to grow artificial human embryos in the lab without the need for a sperm or an egg. <\/p>\n
First, this wouldnt be from scratch, as if they scientists brewed DNA from raw chemicals. It involved existing cells. <\/p>\n
Second, we already know that mammalian life can be created without egg and sperm, for example, as in cloning, of which this is a variant technique that fuses different cells into a new organism. <\/p>\n
Third, IF they ever create a human organism in this way, it would not be an artificial life but a real and fully human being thatshould be treated as such in ethics and in law. <\/p>\n
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