September 15, 2008
The Ultimate Incest
Forget the “when does life start” question, in 15 years we will have bigger problems:
Mouse sperm grown from stem cells have already been used to fertilise eggs and produce live pups, and the success has suggested that the technique could allow men and women who make no gametes of their own to have children.
Cells from an infertile man or woman would first be reprogrammed into an embryonic state, or used to make cloned embryonic stem cells. The resulting stem cells would then be turned into sperm or eggs, which would carry the patient’s DNA.
The research has also prompted speculation that sperm could be produced from a woman or eggs from a man, allowing lesbian or gay couples to have children to whom both partners make an equal genetic contribution. Some campaigners who object to the technology have even argued that it could lead to “ultimate incest”, by which a single person becomes mother and father of a child.
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I am pretty hot.
I think this is good. I think incest has needed a shot in the arm for a while now.
I keep reading “Ultimate Incest,” and I keep thinking it sounds like a new Arby’s sandwich.