Mutant mice & human DNA editing ‘wake up’ call

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Apr 2023
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Mutant mice & human DNA editing ‘wake up’ call

Hayashi in his microscope room

A dramatic scientific breakthrough unveiled at an international conference in London is a ‘wake-up’ call for Christians, an evangelical bioethicist is warning.

Scientists say they have created mice with two biological fathers using eggs made from male mice skin cells, in a first for science. One of the scientists said the process could be used to produce human babies within ten years – though similar claims are not new.

However, what is new is that the mice were said to have a normal life-span and produced their own offspring. The development opens up radical new possibilities for treating infertility, but could potentially pave the way to same-sex couples being able to have a biological child together. A surrogate mother would still be needed to carry the baby.

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