Originally published at: This is the world's first synthetic embryo complete with beating heart and brain beginning—no sperm or egg required | Boing Boing
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These scientists’ve really gone above and beyond.
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Will these count as full mice in Georgia?
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I knew this would happen eventually, and I keep thinking about it relative to the anti-abortion argument that an embryo is a “potential human being.” Well sure, but so is a skin cell.
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Need to know for tax purposes?
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Also; it was a crime that it was canceled.
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Indeed, we’ll never find out what was the deal with the Chigs.
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And did everybody but two characters actually die at the end.
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Obligs.
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So when is China going to follow up this study with a human embryo?
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Or, when are they going to admit they’ve done so?
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Will this count as immaculate conception for theological purposes?
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Yes, when the ‘process’ is practically applied for medical purposes, in which case it’ll be counted as billable.
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That is basically a replicant.
I am all for science, yay science, Olé Olé Super-Science, but I feel they go a leeettle to far here.
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If we get ahead of this and proactively recognize the rights of persons created from scratch we’ll remove the incentive to try to grow slaves and sentient organ donors. Not likely we’ll manage to get that farsighted all of the sudden, but this would work in principal.
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You want to go to the island.
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How fitting that watching the trailer completely serves as a replacement for watching the film. It is like the trailer makers have never heard of spoilers 
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