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Startup aims to make lab-grown human eggs, transforming options for creating families (www.npr.org)
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tl;dr: a biotech startup named conception has made breakthroughs in the field of in vitro gametogenesis, a process which allows labs to grow an induced pluripotent stem cell into a full-fledged human egg. this technology can allow women who can't produce eggs to still be able to have kids, & for same-sex couples to have babies with both partners' dna.

conception claims to have gotten farther in this process than any other lab so far, creating mini-ovaries with follicle cells that the eggs need to thrive. however, given the secrecy & lack of evidence so far, some doctors & academics doubt that conception has actually made this breakthrough. some are also concerned about the ethical & moral implications of this project.

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[–] unwellsnail@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

After all the news recently about lab grown meat the last half of the title really took me a moment to process.