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Human Sperm Produced In the Laboratory
duh P3rf3ss3r writes "The BBC is carrying a report from a team of researchers at Newcastle University who claim to have developed a the first 'artificial' human sperm from stem cells. The research, reported in the journal Stem Cells and Development, involved selecting meristematic germ cells from a human embryonic stem cell culture and inducing meiosis, thus producing a haploid gamete. The authors claim that the resulting sperm are fully formed, mature, human sperm cells but the announcement has been greeted with mixed reaction from colleagues who claim the procedure is ethically questionable and that the gametes produced are of inferior levels of maturation."
I DIDNT DO IT!
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
What's the big deal? I generate human sperm at least once a day and I don't even need a laboratory.
For real, doesn't the fact that it was made in a lab mean it's NOT human?
If sperm could easily be reproduced, I'm SURE the average Slashdotter's sex life will plummet.
Is it any surprise that, with such an article, I had to do a double-take to properly read "...inferior levels of maturation."
Human sperm has been produced in laboratories ever since they got Internet connection and you could download porn to your lab PC.
Oh, they mean artificial sperm. Nevermind then
Finally, this will address the critical shortage of sperm we face today.
I couldn't resist.
Now I am even more redundant...
One step closer to not having hormonally imbalanced pregnant women...
My wife and I really wish the human reproductive cycle involved external incubation. I'd create a device to post to twitter whenever the baby kicks.
"the procedure is ethically questionable and that the gametes produced are of inferior levels of maturation"
So... they're suitable for producing politicians, lawyers, and bad Slashdot comments?
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And to them I reply "GET YOUR ASS BACK IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME A SANDWICH"! Because militant feminists are the worst kind of person and yelling at them never makes me feel bad.
As long as women don't find out about jar openers I think we're safe.
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
I must be more careful to make sure all of my sperm is fresh. Perhaps there's some way I could extract the old sperm for disposal. Hmm, this will require some thinking.
Every sperm is sacred.
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If you think big enough, you'll never have to do it.
They're also working to develop a process that allows the transformation of gold into lead.
They're late - the economists already have that process perfected.
A man and a woman get into an elevator and press the button for the top floor. Halfway up, the elevator stops. The man picks up the emergency phone, and is told that they'll be stuck for at least an hour.
The woman looks at him slyly and says "want to make me feel like a woman?"
"Sure", the man says, immediately taking off his shirt.
"Iron this for me!"
speak for yourself, I don't mind if I she swallows.
What do you mean? I think we are pretty well trained right now!
This will revolutionize the Japanese Adult Video industry! They won't need to hire 50 guys to make a bukkake video.
We give these scientists grant money to build labs to work on scientific discoveries. And they turn around and spend all day masturbating in the labs!
Every sperm is great.
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If you think big enough, you'll never have to do it.