Scientists Grow Sperm in Laboratory
January 3rd, 2012Via: Telegraph:
The development opens up the possibility of infertile men being able to father their own children rather than using donor sperm.
Researchers in Germany and Israel were able to grow mouse sperm from a few cells in a laboratory dish.
In a world first a team headed by Professor Stefan Schlatt, at Muenster University in Germany, were able to grow sperm by using germ cells. These are the cells in testicles that are responsible for sperm production.
Scientists grew the sperm by surrounding the germ cells in a special compound called agar jelly to create an environment similar to that found in testicles.
Prof. Mahmoud Huleihel, who also grew the sperm at Israel’s Ben Gurion University in Beersheba, said: “I believe it will eventually be possible to routinely grow human male sperm to order by extracting tissue containing germ cells from a man’s testicle and stimulating sperm production in the laboratory.”
A bizarre sense of irony radiates from this one…
…just trying string-searching “Germany Israel Sperm” and count the number of hits that include the word eugenics…erm, genetics.
For those whose eyes are open, this one is a MAJOR tell, in the poker-playing sense.
Preserve the Blue Blood stocks, engineering out the “imperfections”, market the most “desirable” traits and sell them at a mark-up, etc.
That doesn’t just sound like a Hollywood script, it is one. What a coincidence, eh?
i shudder to think how far this tech has probably gone since bush “banned” stem cell research. the horrors these sith lords have likely already unleashed all around us would make lovecraft squirm. and here i thought cosmetic surgery was awful only a decade ago.