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UK Scientists Create a Three-Parent Embryo

Posted by kdawson on from the like-changing-the-battery dept.

Troll-Under-D'Bridge writes "The BBC reports that British scientists have manufactured embryos containing genetic material from a man and two women. Under the procedure developed by scientists from Newcastle University, the nuclei from a father's sperm and a mother's egg are transferred into a second woman's egg 'from which the nucleus had been removed, but which retained its mitochondria.' The research, which may 'help mothers with rare genetic disorders have healthy children,' used embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization treatment."

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  1. More nonsense use to justify immoral action by Hungus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I have severe moral issues with any procedure which results in the deliberate destruction of an embryo. No, I am not utilitarian yes, I am a deontologist (rule set not act).

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