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Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg (bbc.com)
31 points by whitepaint on Sept 6, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



how it started:

> made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo.

> It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab.

how it's going:

> The researchers stress it would be unethical, illegal and actually impossible to achieve a pregnancy using these embryo models.




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