World’s First Baby Born with Controversial New ‘Three-Parent’ Technique
The Independant Ian Johnston Science Correspondent Tuesday 27 September 2016
The world’s first child created using a controversial “three-parent” baby technique has been born in Mexico, it has been announced.
Limited details about the birth were revealed ahead of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine’s scientific congress in Salt Lake City next month, where it will be discussed more fully.
According to critics, the procedure is tantamount to genetic modification of humans or even “playing …
The Human Brains Being Grown OUTSIDE the Body: Lab Making Miniature ‘Organs in a Jar’ is Revealed
dailymail.com By Abigail Beall Oct 6, 2016
- In 2013, scientists used stem cells to grow 3D tissue that mimics a brain
- Now researchers over the world are working on making these mini-brains
- Skin cells are transformed into stem cells, which are grown into brain cells
- The brains are being used for researching disorders unique to humans
From what makes us right or left-handed to why we develop autism, there are many mysteries about the human