Scientists create synthetic human embryos, eliminating need for sperm and eggs, thereby raising major ethical concerns

Good news! This could be a major breakthrough!

My presumption: God does not disapprove or almighty God would have prevented it! Since we are most likely not alone in space, we can also presume that alien civilizations are further ahead.

It appears that some of these results were presented at a conference (ISSCR 2023) that is still ongoing until June 17, 2023: "Żernicka-Goetz detailed her latest work in a plenary address Wednesday before the International Society for Stem Cell Research in Boston, noting, "We can create human embryo-like models by the reprogramming of [embryonic stem] cells.""

From natural evolution to human made evolution! As I said here before can we e.g. get rid of the annoying sneezing gene and I want eagle eyes and a dog nose! 😊 Natural evolution makes many mistakes as eons pass by, it is far from perfect, it is like happenstance or fate, and it takes too long!

"Scientists ... have severed reproduction from fertilization. 

Researchers have produced synthetic human embryos using stem cells, bypassing the need for sperm or eggs altogether ..."

From the abstract:

"In this chapter, we detail the experimental protocol leading to the generation of stem cell-based mouse embryo-like structures termed “ETiX-embryoids.” ETiX-embryoids are formed from combined embryonic stem cells, trophoblast stem cells, and embryonic stem cells transiently induced to express Gata4. Cells are seeded into AggreWell dishes where they form aggregates that develop to resemble post-implantation mouse embryos following 4 days of culture. ETiX-embryoids establish an anterior signaling center and undergo gastrulation over the following 2 days. By day 7, ETiX-embryoids undergo neurulation and form an anterior-posterior axis with head folds at one end and a tail bud on the other. On day 8, they develop a brain and form a heart-like structure and a gut tube."

Scientists create synthetic human embryos, eliminating need for sperm and eggs, thereby raising major ethical concerns - TheBlaze

‘Embryo Models’ Challenge Legal, Ethical and Biological Concepts With embryolike constructs built entirely from stem cells, researchers can revolutionize our understanding of development. But how close to an embryo is too close?

This could be a very relevant very recent (published 6/8/2023) research document by the above mentioned researcher:

Generation of Stem Cell-Based Mouse Embryo-Like Structures (no public access)