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Due to advances in genetic engineering, it's quite possible that in 50 years or so two individuals of the same gender could conceive a biological child together. What would be the social, philosophical and moral ramifications of this? Discuss...
Scientists at Newcastle upon Tyne University in the U.K. claim to have already used adult stem cells to create primitive sperm, reports New Scientist. Karim Nayernia, a stem-cell biologist at Newcastle, made adult stem cells derived from male bone marrow develop into spermatogonia, and then coaxed the spermatgonia to undergo meisois, thereby becoming mature sperm with sufficient genetic information to impregnate a human egg.
According to the New Scientist report, Nayernia claims to have developed the spermatogonia from female bone marrow as well, but has not yet been able to make the female spermatogonia undergo meiosis.
I don't think we will go down this road for procreation. It's too simple now.
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