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No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from
stem cells
Fiona
Macrae
UK Daily Mail
Thursday, Oct 29th, 2009
Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory
in research which could change the face of parenthood.
It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help
those left sterile by cancer treatment to have children who
are biologically their own.
But it raises a number of moral and ethical concerns. These
include the possibility of children being born through entirely
artificial means, and men and women being sidelined from the
process of making babies.
Opponents argue that it is wrong to meddle with the building
blocks of life and warn that the advances taking place to tackle
infertility risk distorting and damaging relations between family
members.
The U.S. government-funded research also offers the prospect
of a 'miracle pill' which staves off the menopause, allowing
women to wait longer to have a child.
Full
article here
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