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By Sheena Rodriguez, for Live Action News
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University say they have created human embryos without sperm or egg, but with human skin cells — in hopes that this technique could one day be used to create genetically-related children for infertile or same-sex couples.
- A process known as IVG has been used to make human embryos without using a sperm or egg, but adult skin cells.
- Some doctors say IVG is a positive technology that can allow infertile couples to have children biologically related to them.
- Other doctors warn that this can also allow for same-sex couples to intentionally create motherless or fatherless children.
IVG is a process by which adult skin cells are used to create human gametes (eggs and sperm). The egg or sperm are generated through the use of pluripotent stem cells (iPS), in a process of “reprogramming” or stripping adult skin or blood cells back to an “embryonic-like” state where the cells can then be indefinitely duplicated.
This process is typically used for therapeutic treatments such as treating diabetes, leukemia and some neurological disorders. Embryonic stem cells, or cells created from the ‘inner cell mass’ of a pre-implanted embryo, can also be used for IVG.
Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University claimed to have created embryos with reported genetic contributions of both parents. OHSU reported the 3-step process as follows:
- Researchers transplant the nucleus of a skin cell into an egg, or oocyte, stripped of its own nucleus.
- Prompted by cytoplasm within the donor egg, the implanted skin cell nucleus ideally discards half of its chromosomes in a process similar to meiosis. This is the key step, resulting in a haploid egg with a single set of 23 chromosomes rather than 46.
- Researchers then fertilized the new egg with sperm through the standard process of IVF. This created a diploid embryo with two sets of chromosomes — which would ultimately result in healthy offspring with equal genetic contributions from both parents.
On the Feb 28 episode of the Lila Rose Show, author, bioethicist and former professor, Aaron Kheriaty, M.D., called IVG ‘radical technology’.
Dr. Kheriaty noted that similar to IVF, proponents of IVG, “draw on our compassion” for those struggling with infertility, but cautions that IVG “…would allow for things like creation of eggs from males, or creation of sperm from females… two men who want to have a biologically-related child could potentially use IVG for that purpose.”
“We’re in the wild west of biotechnology in the United States when it comes to IVF,” stated Dr. Kheriaty, but warns that further advancements with IVG could really ramp up ethical concerns.
Dr. Kheriaty explained that, currently, the number of embryos that are created are limited due to the physical limitations of human egg production. However, IVG could easily create a “dystopian nightmare” scenario of ‘embryo farming’ where hundreds of human embryos are created for the parent to pick from to fit their desired traits; those remaining, uniquely whole human beings, are destroyed.
In addition to the numerous ethical issues of the under-regulated industry of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), the process often includes the expensive and invasive stimulation of a woman’s ovary to produce multiple mature eggs for harvesting. Looking for a way to minimize the cost and negative impacts of invasive egg harvesting procedures required for IVF, scientists pursued further research in the process of in-vitro gametogenesis (IVG).
The IVG technique was reportedly used in the case of a sheep named Dolly, created with the use of an adult sheep cell in 1997. According to OHSU, in Dolly’s case, only one parent was cloned during the process where the nucleus of the cell was transplanted into the donor egg, also stripped of its nucleus. Using IVF, the fertilized sheep embryo was then implanted into a surrogate.
In a news article by OHSU, researchers echoed the caution previously given by Dr. Kheriaty earlier this year, with OHSU School of Medicine Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Paula Amato, M.D., stating, “In addition to offering hope for millions of people with infertility due to lack of eggs or sperm, this method would allow for the possibility of same-sex couples to have a child genetically related to both partners.”
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Now what could possibly go wrong?
Beware there is evil in the world.
What a sick world we live in…
Interesting in the fact that “they’re” trying to kill us off with these poison shots, please make it make sense!
There is a special place for these Demonic individuals.
And who warned for decades but that this would eventually come to be? Why none other than the “evil” Catholic church….the oldest and largest Christian faith by far with 1.4 billion followers and growing in spite of the genuine evil infiltrators within it, much like those within this very government – who seek to compromise, denigrate, and destroy through their inequities in order to bring down the entire body. After all, what better place for Satan to ignite his demonic & diabolical plots than within God’s churches? Nonetheless, it is this church wherein abortion and same-sex unions (NOT same-sex attracted individuals) remain affirmed moral evils.
However, unlike what will likely befall this Constitutional Republic in light of similar efforts, Jesus told us “I tell you on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hell will never overpower it”. He never has, never will.
Now for the largely ignorant (of Catholicism) commentaries which will completely ignore the history, the Alinsky-led breaches of the faith, the statistical realities of its very size compared to other sects, etc. in attempting to denigrate, without much effectiveness considering its growing numbers, a church that has been the most influential, the most unfaltering in dogma & doctrine, and the most generous worldwide.
Iniquities…..obviously. Not inequities.
This kind of technology was inevitable, but there should be a healthy skepticism that it will in the near future result in human reproduction. Unfortunately, this technique could in the future make it possible for those with the mental conditions that manifest as “transgenderism” to have their reproductive parts removed and still be able to reproduce, passing along their genes. Currently, those having undergone “gender affirming” bottom surgery by having their reproductive organs removed or radically altered for reasons of vanity or “gender expression”are engaging in self-imposed eugenics and are eligible for a Darwin Award.
What was wrong with the old way?
It is way more fun. Way.
I decided to dig and see what ever became of Dolly, the sheep, that was born in the 1990’s from cloning. I found this article. https://www.livescience.com/57961-dolly-the-sheep-announcement-20-year-anniversary.html
The creation of Dolly also brought up important conversations about the ethical limitations of manipulating human cells and embryos, laying the groundwork for similar conversations today, Brody said.
Dolly died in February 2003, at age 6. (A typical life span for a sheep is about 10 to 12 years.) She had both offspring and clone “sisters,” which were derived from the same batch of cells as Dolly. However, none of her offspring are alive today, Wilmut told Live Science. (Whitelaw also mentioned that the Roslin Institute no longer keeps sheep, as the funding for this program has run out.)
So NOW do you understand the vague language in Act 22 ???!
I normally eschew exclamation points, but really! This is where these sickos have been going all along. UVMMC, Planned Parenthood, Speaker of the House. Put it all together and you get the dystopian nightmare that we decided to escape by selling our home and relocating.
“First, we make you sterile via “gender-affirming care,” with hormones supplied by Planned Parenthood and surgery. $7.2million to just stay alive and have a life of therapy.
THEN, we tell you that to provide meaning in your life, you need to have a child. Oh, oops, you can’t do that without an “intervention”, step right up and we’ll make eggs out of your skin cells, fertilize them, and provide a “womb” (as they are researching in CHINA), all for the cost of….-fill in the blank-.
Go ahead, prove me wrong. Sherlock Holmes’ mortal enemy was a DOCTOR.