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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on January 31, 2008, 07:36:47 AM
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British scientists are ready to turn female bone marrow into sperm, cutting men out of the process of creating life.
The breakthrough paves the way for lesbian couples to have children that are biologically their own.
Gay men could follow suit by using the technique to make eggs from male bone marrow.
Researchers at Newcastle upon Tyne University say their technique will help lead to new treatments for infertility.
But critics warn that it sidelines men and raises the prospect of babies being born through entirely artificial means.
The research centres around stem cells - the body's 'mother' cells which can turn into any other type of cell.
According to New Scientist magazine, the scientists want to take stem cells from a woman donor's bone marrow and transform them into sperm through the use of special chemicals and vitamins.
Newcastle professor Karim Nayernia has applied for permission to carry out the work and is ready to start the experiments within two months.
The biologist, who pioneered the technique with mice, believes early- stage 'female sperm' could be produced inside two years. Mature sperm capable of fertilising eggs might take three more years.
Early-stage sperm have already been produced from male bone marrow.
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link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=511391&in_page_id=1965)
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That's just creepy.
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That's just creepy.
Yup, just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should.
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So, are we going to be seeing an influx of boners in the future?
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So, are we going to be seeing an influx of boners in the future?
NICE! :-)
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Frankenkids. I recall reading a story about this last year and I think it said that the only babies they could produce would be female. Which means there would soon be a lot of franken-lesbo spawns. Now my head hurts....
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All this grunt and sweat work in laboratories is completely unnecessary. Why don't they throw every known chemical and mineral into a big space - a vacuum - and let life create itself.....again?
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That's just creepy.
Not just creepy. Gonzo. Sick even.
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<shakes head, walks away muttering something about Hell and a handbasket>
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All this grunt and sweat work in laboratories is completely unnecessary. Why don't they throw every known chemical and mineral into a big space - a vacuum - and let life create itself.....again?
Oh, good one!!! :-)
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I am so glad to see the scientists are spending untold amounts of money on the really important discoveries. :whatever: