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Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs

Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs

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#1Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 11:35am

"What this means for gay couples everywhere is that both fathers will now be able to contribute DNA to their child and no donated egg will be required. Infertility specialists will soon be able to take the skin cells of one father, extract what scientists call induced pluripotent stem cells, and create a human egg that contains only his DNA. The egg would then be fertilized in vitro with the sperm of the other dad and implanted in a surrogate. (Yes, a borrowed womb would still be necessary, but can that discovery be long in coming?) Although, there is no report of such an experiment being undertaken to date, presumably lesbian couples could also use the discovery to both become DNA donors to a baby, with one woman donating an egg and using the other mother’s stem cells to make sperm."

It's a little dense but I had to post this. It's amazing news, friends. Scientific advancement happening all around us.


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N2N Nate.
#2Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 11:40am

For some reason I was picturing 2 men laying eggs HAHA. I'm having an off day lol. Anywyay, Awesome story.


So Lauren Bacall me, anything goes! *wink*

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TheatreDiva90016
#2Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 11:40am

No.

Just no.


Next thing you know you'll have Build A Baby stores in malls across America.


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JerseyGirl2
#3Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 11:48am

This probable technology has been around and talked about for a years. Female couples would always produce a female child. I wonder if it is the same for men? It hasn't actually been done yet, as far as they are saying.

As much as I would love our next child to not require a donor and be 50/50 us, I don't think I would be too comfortable with it. That's just too much intervention for me. And can you even fathom the cost?!


Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

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suestorm
#4Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 11:49am

sounds like Orphan Black!


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StockardFan
#5Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 2:01pm

jg2, you would think so. If there is no female DNA, the mens' baby would be a boy right?


KFTC!!!!!

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SNAFU
#6Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 2:27pm

Men have xy chromosomes. I believe it would be possible for the two X's to pair up and for them to have a girl. Since women are XX there is no Y for them to have a boy.


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henrikegerman
#7Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 2:41pm

What I find fascinating is the suggestion that a person could reproduce on his or her own. Of course, that wouldn't be recommended as it would take inbreeding to a whole new level, but it's still amazing to think that through technology a human being could asexually reproduce a human being (not a clone of him or herself but a child).













Updated On: 7/31/13 at 02:41 PM

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Mister Matt
#8Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 2:54pm

The Conservative Christian Pro-Lifers will have a FIELD DAY with this.


"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

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sabrelady
#9Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/30/13 at 11:23pm

Ah please... Alison Reid did movie about this from the female POV ( mixing 2 sets of fem DNA) more than 4 yrs ago- the science hasn't changed
the baby formula

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TheatreFan4
#10Discovery Allows Gay Couples to Create Their Own Eggs
Posted: 7/31/13 at 12:35am

This is a little... too much.


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