Hijos sin padre... ni madre

Un grupo de científicos ha conseguido crear esperma y óvulos a partir de células madre. Ya no hacen falta donantes. Las parejas en que ambos sean estériles podrán tener hijos genéticamente suyos, vale, pero, ¿quién decidirá a partir de ahora traer niños al mundo? ¿Los laboratorios del doctor Frankenstein? A partir de unas pocas células madre, a producir huerfanitos robotizados a mansalva...

Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory in research which could change the face of parenthood. It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help those left sterile by cancer treatment to have children who are biologically their own. But it raises a number of moral and ethical concerns. These include the possibility of children being born through entirely artificial means, and men and women being sidelined from the process of making babies.
Opponents argue that it is wrong to meddle with the building blocks of life and warn that the advances taking place to tackle infertility risk distorting and damaging relations between family members.
The American team used stem cells taken from embryos in the first days of life but hope to repeat the process with slivers of skin.
Josephine Quintavalle, of the campaign group Comment on Reproductive Ethics, warned that any flaws in the artificial sperm or eggs could be passed on to future generations.

Vomitemos todos juntos.

Vía Drudge, claro.


ACTUALIZACIÓN: Javier apuntilla:


Quiso clonar lo inútil
y se clonó a sí mismo.

-¡Hay que ser gilipollas!-.

Y es aquí cuando el hombre cansado de
jugar a ser Dios,
y arrepentido,
se bajó de la burra
aprendió a ser humilde
y se fue a hacer puñetas.