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Human pseudo-embryos created from skin cells present ethical minefield – EL PAÍS in English
A team led by Argentine biochemist José Polo has succeeded in generating these models without sperm or eggs but what protection will be they afforded?
Biochemist José Polo poses with images of his human pseudo-embryos.Universidad Monash
A team of scientists led by Argentine biochemist José Polo has succeeded in creating human pseudo-embryos without using eggs or sperm but by reprogramming skin cells to return to an embryonic state. This medical leap, on the shifting frontiers of bioethics, will require humankind to address a pressing question: what legal status will these clumps of human cells, known as blastoids, be afforded?
Polo, of Monash…
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