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- Once this is commercialized we no longer need women. We already "don't need men". Other mammals have been cloned or heterozygously created from bimaternal pa
by runnerup 3y ago
- Once this is commercialized we no longer need women.
We already "don't need men". Other mammals have been cloned or heterozygously created from bimaternal parents, and only females are required for either of these processes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45801043 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45801043
Also I imagine you'll still need a womb to grow the embryo? Ovaries are not a womb, so "commercializing" this alone doesn't obviate the need for women.
- lettergram 3y agoWe're fairly close to an artificial womb https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-50056405 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-50056405 https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/17/1020969/mouse-embryo-grown-in-a-jar-humans-next/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/17/1020969/mouse-em... And I agree with you we "don't need men"; I'm just pointing out a litany of implications.
- runsWphotons 3y agoThe first one is for a better incubator for premature babies. The second is in mice and doesnt sound particularly close, as they still required pregnant mice and the embryos die after a certain point because of lack of placenta. Neither of these seems very close to replacing the need for women, but maybe will be closer after 10 more years?
- lettergram 3y agoIn 2017 they were growing sheep in one for 4 months https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15112 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15112 I think it’s relatively close, sure maybe 10 years, I’m not sure exactly. My point, was that this technology is going down this path and theoretically, pretty dangerous