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Researchers 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.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assure you that if the article you read was true, it’s a very niche case and not true in most contexts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.sciencealert.com/in-a-first-scientists-fully-wipe-a-cells-memory-before-turning-it-into-a-stem-cell

This link is a relatively new development, but induced pluripotent stem cells have been in use since around 2006 for research purposes. They can be made from a variety of cell types.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.