Submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/26/lab-grown-eggs-sperm-viability-uk-fertility-watchdog
Exclusive: In-vitro gametes are viewed as the holy grail of fertility research
This honestly sounds really interesting for same-sex families. I hope this technology works out sooner rather than later. It would be really nice to potentially have a fully biological family like straight couples :)
(And it might eventually be way less expensive than adopting donor eggs/sperm)
Would lesbians be able to have boys if both gave their material? Women only have X sex chromosomes and men have both X and Y, so if I’m not mistaken two (or more) lesbians wouldn’t be able to conceive boys.
I honestly have no idea. Interesting to think about, though.
Does having a baby with yourself carry the same genetic risks as breeding with first cousins?
iirc the main issue with familial reproduction is that, since families are likely to share much of the same genes, they are likely to share much of the same recessive genes. Invisible in individuals with just one copy, the union of two such individuals can create an individual with two copies, which means the trait is expressed.
If it is cloning, that is fine, but if it remixes the DNA, It could potentially cause expression of recessive traits? I think?
Good question. I thought it would be more like having a clone of yourself, but maybe that’s the same issue? Copy of a copy?
Yeah, copy of the copy is probably a bad idea.
“Mass-producing eggs and sperm in a laboratory in order to have a baby with yourself or three other people in a “multiplex” parenting arrangement might sound like the plot of a dystopian novel.
But these startling scenarios are under consideration by the UK’s fertility watchdog, which has concluded that the technology could be on the brink of viability.”
That’s weird
Idk about dystopian
I guess the answer is in the next line:
“Bolstered by Silicon Valley investment“
It’s certainly different.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hey, anybody ever read “Brave New World”?