{"id":20397,"date":"2023-09-26T00:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T07:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=20397"},"modified":"2023-09-26T00:42:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T07:42:03","slug":"complete-synthetic-embryos-without-legal-restriction-mean-one-thing-legally-mass-produced-genetically-engineered-catgirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/09\/26\/complete-synthetic-embryos-without-legal-restriction-mean-one-thing-legally-mass-produced-genetically-engineered-catgirls\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete Synthetic Embryos Without Legal Restriction Mean One Thing: Legally Mass Produced Genetically Engineered Catgirls"},"content":{"rendered":"

     Last year, it was reported<\/a> that scientists (or as the British like to call them, \u201cBoffins\u201d) created synthetic embryos complete with beating heart and functioning brain. \u00a0 Now, in an article recently published, a new breakthrough has produced the first \u201ccomplete\u201d embryo model<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe latest breakthrough, published in the journal Nature, also used stem cells \u2013 and the team describes their results as the first \u2018complete\u2019 embryo model, one that mimics key cells and structures throughout the first two weeks of development.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018This is really a textbook image of a human day-14 embryo, [which] hasn\u2019t been done before,\u2019 said Professor Hanna.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018It closely mimics the development of a real human embryo, particularly the emergence of its exquisitely fine architecture.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team used a cocktail of chemicals to \u2018coax\u2019 the stem cells into transforming into four key embryonic cells \u2013 epiblasts, trophoblasts, hypoblasts and extraembryonic mesoderm cells.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     What makes these \u201cembryo models\u201d different is that they are not legally embryos and not limited to the 14 days cut-off for embryo research.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn many countries, 14 days is the legal cut-off for normal embryo research.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, these \u2019embryo models\u2019 are not legally seen as embryos and are not governed by the same laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe researchers said this approach could help reveal the causes of many birth defects and types of infertility.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could also lead to new ways of growing transplant organs as well as offer a way around experiments that cannot be performed on live embryos, the team added.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     Even though these are just models, the ability to get around these 14-day restriction and even grow fully functional organs means there is a legal pathway to the mass production of genetically engineered catgirls suitable for domestic adoption.<\/p>\n

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     The researcher even addressed this \u201cethics\u201d thing:<\/p>\n

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\u201cCommenting on the study, Professor Alfonso Martinez Arias, from the department of experimental and health sciences at Pompeu Fabra University, Spain, said he expected the work to raise ethical issues but he added it was \u2018a most important piece of research\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     Yes, yes it is important.<\/p>\n

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     A little mood music:<\/p>\n