Reproductive Tech Innovations
Cluster focuses on IVF experiences, donor eggs/sperm, surrogacy, and futuristic biotech like stem cell-derived gametes, artificial wombs, and designer babies that could bypass traditional reproduction.
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Yes and no because the article is also about the future possibilities of getting kids with desired traits (as you can generate those much better when you have a truly unlimited potential of egg cells). And there was for example recently a court case that (deaf) parents in Germany won so that thier (also deaf) child wont get a hearing implant.
Isn't this already possible by freezing eggs or sperms?
Congratulations. Wife and I are on our fourth round of IVF with only two embryos so far. Our odds don't look too promising and will probably end up going the donor's eggs path. The process of having a live, healthy birth when biology refuses to cooperate is emotionally and financially draining for millions of couples. If technology like in vitro gametogenesis becomes available in the near future it will be a real miracle of science. Nothing to be worried or scared about.
Note this is currently not possible without the use of In vitro fertilization
I think this was referring to sperm donation.
People still do it with surrogate mothers...
Can this make human males unnecessary for fertilization purposes?
Once female stem cells can be made into spermatozoa cells - research that is now underway - men will be physically unnecessary for reproduction as women could in theory use technology to fertilize each other's egg cells. This would not have the cellular problems associated with cloning, as it would be sexual reproduction at the cellular level. All of the offspring would be female, no Y chromosomes needed.
Once female stem cells can be made into spermatozoa cells - research that is now underway - men will be physically unnecessary for reproduction as women could in theory use technology to fertilize each other's egg cells. This would not have the cellular problems associated with cloning, as it would be sexual reproduction at the cellular level. All of the offspring would be female, no Y chromosomes needed.
We've been growing humans since the beginning of time. This one is just in vitro.