In the fantastic dystopia "The Island" (2005), in the future, there are entire settlements of human clones, raised only to become raw materials for organ transplants.
And the other day sensational news appeared in the press. For the first time, American scientists were able to grow a healthy human embryo in laboratory conditions, which can develop in a full cycle. Scientists are going to use artificially grown embryos to extract stem cells.
The artificial embryo was raised at Oregon Health and Science University. Scientists are going to use their technology to extract stem cells, which are needed to treat serious illnesses, including Alzhemer's disease, brain damage and multiple sclerosis.
Scientists have not disclosed the details of the method of growing human embryos. However, they talked about how you can artificially create stem cells by opening them. See also: The first human cloning can occur in 50 years According to the medical development of scientists, to start growing stem cells, you need a sample of the patient's skin and a donor egg from a healthy woman.
Scientists remove DNA from the egg and then inject one skin cell inside it. Under the influence of an electric discharge, the patient's skin cell begins to develop and divide. In 6 days, an embryo grows with stem cells that can be implanted in a patient.
“Our discovery allows stem cells to be grown for patients with serious diseases and organ damage. Of course, there is still a lot to be done before a safe and reliable stem cell treatment is available. But our work is a confident step towards a meeting with regenerative medicine,”Dr. Shukharat Mitalipov is convinced.
Along with this, there are those who see the threat of the development of illegal cloning of people through the discovery of scientists in the United States. By this time, clones could not develop purely in laboratory conditions, and in order to raise a child, a surrogate mother was needed.
According to Dr. David King, with the new technology, cloning people without the participation of female volunteers has become possible. Therefore, it should be banned internationally.
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