Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste...
by lettergram on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:39PM
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We're fairly close to an artificial womb
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-50056405
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/17/1020969/mouse-em...
And I agree with you we "don't need men"; I'm just pointing out a litany of implications.
Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste...
by runsWphotons on Sunday August 06, 2023 @01:46AM
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The first one is for a better incubator for premature babies. The second is in mice and doesnt sound particularly close, as they still required pregnant mice and the embryos die after a certain point because of lack of placenta. Neither of these seems very close to replacing the need for women, but maybe will be closer after 10 more years?
Re:Church lab creates functional ovary tissue from adult ste...
by lettergram on Sunday August 06, 2023 @07:24AM
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In 2017 they were growing sheep in one for 4 months
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15112
I think it’s relatively close, sure maybe 10 years, I’m not sure exactly. My point, was that this technology is going down this path and theoretically, pretty dangerous
We already "don't need men". Other mammals have been cloned or heterozygously created from bimaternal parents, and only females are required for either of these processes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45801043
Also I imagine you'll still need a womb to grow the embryo? Ovaries are not a womb, so "commercializing" this alone doesn't obviate the need for women.