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Of course it is possible - where did your sperm come from, if not stem cells...? And gametogenesis research has been advancing rapidly recently, so it probably
by gwern 4y ago
Of course it is possible - where did your sperm come from, if not stem cells...?
And gametogenesis research has been advancing rapidly recently, so it probably won't even be that long. One can do stem cell->gamete and successfully create offspring in mice https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/gametogenesis/2021-yoshino.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/gametogenesis/2021-yoshi... and there are already startups to try to do it for humans: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/28/1038172/conception-eggs-reproduction-vitro-gametogenesis/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/28/1038172/concepti...