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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Advance Could Enable Gay Women to Have Own Babies
The Telegraph of London says a team of researchers at the University of Newcastle has asked for permission to turn a woman’s bone marrow cells into sperm.
The research would raise the possibility that lesbian couples could bear their own biological children.
The team, led by microbiologist Karim Nayernia, has already created sperm cells from a female human embryo, and from a man’s bone marrow cells.
Nayernia has said his work is aimed at helping patients harness the disease-curing potential of their own stem cells. Still, New Scientist suggests a reproductive revolution is coming soon.
Are we ready? Is this another case of science getting ahead of ethical considerations?
