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The World’s First Human-Monkey Chimera Was Created in China
Led by a team of Spanish and American researchers, the project is intended to improve organ donations for humans.
Scientists Flew Sperm In Microgravity to See if Babies Could Be Born In Space
“In the future, having gametes and embryos stored in a bank outside the Earth will be very important.”
‘Society Will Decide What to Do Next’: Chinese Researchers Claim to Create the First Gene-Edited Babies
The researchers claim the DNA of twin girls was altered to protect them against HIV, but the results haven’t been published in a scientific journal and many researchers are questioning the ethical and scientific validity of the claim.
Scientists Used CRISPR to Edit a Gene That Causes Miscarriages
The gene editing technology could eventually herald the next frontier in fertility treatment.
Paleontologists Find Fossils of a Pregnant, 245-Million-Year-Old Sea Reptile
It's the first time live birth has been observed in an archosauromorph, the reptilian parent group from which dinosaurs, birds, and crocodilians derive.
Our Hearts Start Beating Before They’re Fully Formed
This research will help scientists figure out how to build new hearts in the lab.
Artificial, Womb-Free Births Just Got a Lot More Real
Scientists have grown a human embryo for two weeks in a petri dish.
British Scientists Are Now Allowed to Edit the Genes of Human Embryos
But they're not yet allowed to implant those altered embryos into human women.
Here's an MP3 Player That Goes up Your Vag and Plays Beats to Unborn Babies
'Babypod' is also responsible for hosting the world's first ever "concert for fetuses," so that's a thing.