Artificially created embryos. Opinions?

[AndrésC64]

"Scientists have created synthetic mouse embryos with developed brains

The stem-cell-derived embryos could shed new light on the earliest stages of human pregnancy.

The findings, described in a paper in Nature today, could help scientists learn more about how human embryos develop and provide insights into diseases, as well as providing an alternative to animals for testing.

The new model embryos, which bypass the need for sperm or egg cells, were developed in the lab alongside natural mouse embryos. They mirrored the same stages of development up to eight and a half days after fertilization, developing beating hearts and other foundations of organs, including the neural tubes that eventually turn into the brain and spinal cord."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/25/1058620/scientists-synthetic-mouse-embryos-developed-brains/

COOL

NOT COOL

[menina]

I think it's cool. That way scientists won't need to use real mouse embryos and we will able to learn more about pregnancy and diseases.

[call_me_scar]

Cool