Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?
- Written by Sahotra Sarkar, Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
Researchers have grown mammal embryos later into development than ever before in an artificial womb.Vitalii Kyryk/WikimediaCommons, CC BY-SAIn Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World,” people aren’t born from a mother’s womb. Instead, embryos are grown in artificial wombs until they are brought into the world, a...
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