The research paper link: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00981-3
This is one of those things that sounds horrifying without the context. Currently, mice blastocysts and embryos are integral parts of cancer research specifically, and medical research in general, and without these models modern science would be impossible. Advances like these will someday allow us to conduct medical research in effective model systems, without the use of animals in our studies.
White people are going to use this technology to create horrendous shit. Fuck :doomjak:
Cool, I can turn myself into my own clone army. Fuck you, Kamino!
I want all Hexbear users to write "I will not be a reactionary technophobe" 500 times on the chalkboard
I WILL NOT PURCHASE A CELL PHONE! I WILL NOT PURCHASE A CELL PHONE!
All anprims are. It really does bother me that Hexbear has such a technophobic streak.
Like I get Musk and Gates are scum, but a lot of us literally wouldn't be able to live without modern technology.
Its not like its an actual person, and besides. It could be the thing that allows for us to create artificial organs.
I just think that growing half viable fetuses in a jar of meat goo is horrifying
I want all Hexbear users to write “I will not be a reactionary technophobe” 500 times on the chalkboard
Yeah I've seen some of these under the microscope and it's amazing how much they look like the real thing. They're still not completely viable at the moment, but it's a great way to conduct research without requiring mice directly.
Sweet, new manmade horrors beyond my comprehension
If they're at this level publicly, what are the odds the :cia: has some kind of bioengineered monsters ready to unleash on us?
Bad take. This is no more a manmade horror than gay couples having kids via surrogacy / artificial insemination.
Or maybe a better analogy is those Japanese high school students who raised a chicken embryo into a healthy chick without an egg. That was Neat and Cute, not horrific.
