Tag: embryo
Monkey Clones: Harbingers of Things to Come?
An amazing technical accomplishment, it also elicits dread.
With Monkey Success, Cloned Human Baby Is Closer
The successful births came from DNA taken from fetal, not adult, cells. That is the usual course in this research.
After 24 Years as a Frozen Embryo, a Baby Is Born
I think this story should affect the way we look at the moral value of frozen IVF embryos.
Grappling with Embryo Research Before It’s Too Late
Scientists are making human “embryos” — cell formations that are not viable organisms — from stem cells, but which may be a step before making human organisms.
Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained
Even down to the level of molecules and genes, there doesn’t seem to be any physical reason for plants to grow “Golden Ratio” patterns.