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17 Jun 16 - 04:05 PM (#3796305) Subject: BS: Hey kids this reproduction post is for U From: Donuel Most of us below the line are done with reproduction but you kids have new options we didn't have. You could have babies (for $100,000 each) that will be free of the 3% risk of genetic disease.) No they are not clones, they are made from the gametes of both parents but they are harvested from normal skin cells. That right skin cells can be turned into eggs or sperm however sperm presents no problem of availability. No more archaic egg harvesting. It is ready for approval by the FDA. Ethical concerns of stealing skin cells from famous people or even the well preserved dead is ameliorated by he cost. There maybe a MISSISIPPI or two that ban the procedure so reproductive tourism to California or Maryland is likely. While we will continue to have sex, reproduction will have something new for you. find your own links Science Friday Ira Flato |
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18 Jun 16 - 03:11 AM (#3796354) Subject: RE: BS: Hey kids this reproduction post is for U From: Joe Offer http://www.sciencefriday.com/ The episode is June 17, 2016. The guest on the show says that generating babies from stem cells will eliminate many genetic defects, and will give parents a choice of various characteristics in their little bundle of joy. After the appropriate embryo is chosen, it is implanted in the woman's womb for gestation. I dunno. I don't think it will replace the traditional method of babymaking. -Joe- |
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18 Jun 16 - 06:53 AM (#3796379) Subject: RE: BS: Hey kids this reproduction post is for U From: MMario The significant part that gets glossed over in these articles is that the elimination of genetic effects is/would be done by creating many multiples of embryos; doing full dna scans on each and then selecting the ones without the genetic defects. |
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18 Jun 16 - 11:44 AM (#3796406) Subject: RE: BS: Hey kids this reproduction post is for U From: Donuel That is insignificant. What is important is that the process can be scaled up to thousands or millions of genetic variants Is this the key to bring back Mammoths Cremation? Undertaking? Stealing skin cells? DARPA? Think ahead and you have themes for sci fi for the time being until it all eventually becomes a reality |
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21 Jun 16 - 07:06 PM (#3796905) Subject: RE: BS: Hey kids this reproduction post is for U From: Donuel The summary by Joe is a bit weak. He was thinking with what he already knew but this method is far different. In this process Babies are made by actual gamete cells in this process and not mere stem cells . Once again they are not stem cell kids or clones. Even more remarkable is that the 1st step of the process comes from a simple ordinary cotton swab dna sample from our skin. This could be done without your awareness or deliberately! If genetic disease is detected in a scan they can be replaced. Genetic diseases are not just a one off accidental copying error but exist in certain populations more than others, like Ashkenazy Jews having a predilection for a breast cancer gene or in the case of ALS only 10% is considered familial genetic disease. http://www.sciencefriday.com/ June 17 2016 |