So Who Needs A Man?

[Jazzie]

I knew this day would come, was only a matter of time ...

Ethical storm flares as British scientists create artificial sperm from human stem cells

By Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 7:53 AM on 08th July 2009


Professor Karim Nayernia has created a substance which turns human stem cells into sperm

Professor Karim Nayernia has created a substance which turns human stem cells into sperm

In a world first, British scientists have grown human sperm in the laboratory.

The breakthrough in stem cell science offers a potential cure for male infertility and could be used in IVF clinics in as little as five years.

It would allow thousands of men to father children that are genetically their own, possibly from just a sliver of their skin.

But the cutting-edge work is fraught with medical and ethical problems.

It raises the possibility of babies being born entirely through artificial means, and even the macabre scenario of long-dead men 'fathering' children from beyond the grave.

Professor Karim Nayernia has created a substance which turns human stem cells into sperm


Full story .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1198132/Ethical-storm-flares-British-scientists-create-artificial-sperm-human-stem-cells.html

 

[midfielder]

HMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm interesting article raises a lot of questions ...

 

[Kareem]

meh
I dont like the guy in the pic
despite his awesome name

Goes to show perhaps I dont like Benzema just coz of his name

 

[dibo]

meh
I dont like the guy in the pic
despite his awesome name

Goes to show perhaps I dont like Benzema just coz of his name

huh?

 

[Sym]

dykes are all over this artical !

 

[jiggles]

Where is the fun in that? If you gotta put up with the little shit for 18 years legally, you should at least get SOME fun out of it.

 

[adz]

Where is the fun in that? If you gotta put up with the little shit for 18 years legally, you should at least get SOME fun out of it.

Yeh that 30 seconds of fun really makes up for the next 9 months + 18 years

 

[dibo]

dykes are all over this artical !

It's 'article' dearie, and it's got nothing to do with 'dykes'. It's science.

It could possibly have benefits for lesbian couples, but as was actually noted in the article (rather than spouted off about) it could have benefits for heterosexual couples looking to have children where for one reason or another the male partner has fertility problems.

 

[T]

Given that there are many guys out there who are for lack of a better term "shooting blanks" this could mean that they can have a kid that is from their own genetic make up...

But it also opens the possiblity of designer babies.

 

[fish]

I for one would like a better term than that one please T.

 

[T]

I for one would like a better term than that one please T.

His tadpoles are no longer swimming??

 

[jiggles]

His love muscle is lacking nutrients?

It's so hard whether to be for or agsisnt this.

As T mentioned...it opens it up for designer babies...which to me...I'm not really for.

 

[~Floss~]

dykes are all over this artical !

It's 'article' dearie, and it's got nothing to do with 'dykes'. It's science.

It could possibly have benefits for lesbian couples, but as was actually noted in the article (rather than spouted off about) it could have benefits for heterosexual couples looking to have children where for one reason or another the male partner has fertility problems.

It raises the possibility of babies being born entirely through artificial means, and even the macabre scenario of long-dead men 'fathering' children from beyond the grave.

lol that's a pretty serious (and so far untreatable) "fertility problem"