Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg (bbc.com) 31 points by whitepaint 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] cuttysnark 2y ago ↗ how it started:> made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo.> It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab.how it's going:> The researchers stress it would be unethical, illegal and actually impossible to achieve a pregnancy using these embryo models.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 18.9 ms ] thread> made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo.
> It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab.
how it's going:
> The researchers stress it would be unethical, illegal and actually impossible to achieve a pregnancy using these embryo models.