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Oregon scientists make embryos with 2 women, 1 man
2012-10-25
Scientists in Oregon have created embryos with genes from one man and two women,
I tried to do that once. It didn't work. I was too drunk.
using a provocative technique that could someday be used to prevent babies from inheriting certain rare incurable diseases.

The researchers at Oregon Health & Sciences University said they are not using the embryos to produce children, and it is not clear when or even if this technique will be put to use. But it has already stirred a debate over its risks and ethics in Britain, where scientists did similar work a few years ago.

The British experiments, reported in 2008, led to headlines about the possibility someday of babies with three parents. But that's an overstatement. The DNA from the second woman amounts to less than 1 percent of the embryo's genes, and it isn't the sort that makes a child look like Mom or Dad. The procedure is simply a way of replacing some defective genes that sabotage the normal workings of cells.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Somehow I don't think this was the type of threesome the guy was hoping for.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-10-25 23:33  

#3  Yeah, it ain't like the movies. A lotta elbows and knees in the wrong places. A man could get hurt...bad.
Posted by: tu3031   2012-10-25 19:02  

#2  I, like Fred, tried this once. Trust me, you don't want to go there. It seemed like a good idea at the time. After all, they were Twins.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2012-10-25 18:59  

#1  ...and it is not clear when or even if this technique will be put to use.

Two words. Grant money.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-25 09:42  

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