Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 7 months agoResearchers are making progress on producing cows from just stem cells, with no eggs or sperm involved. Some people are wondering if the same tech might one day work with humans.www.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down13
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkResearchers are making progress on producing cows from just stem cells, with no eggs or sperm involved. Some people are wondering if the same tech might one day work with humans.www.technologyreview.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThere’s so many “buts” attached to that it’s not even funny. They don’t work as well as an actual stem cell, for one thing. That’s why there’s still plenty of demand for the embryonic kind.
minus-squareBubbleMonkey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agoPerson I replied to said it was niche creation case, I was simply showing that’s not the case. Nothing else. The article I linked to does mention those things though. That’s part of why the advance is important.
There’s so many “buts” attached to that it’s not even funny. They don’t work as well as an actual stem cell, for one thing. That’s why there’s still plenty of demand for the embryonic kind.
Person I replied to said it was niche creation case, I was simply showing that’s not the case. Nothing else.
The article I linked to does mention those things though. That’s part of why the advance is important.