This Startup Wants To Clone You Into An Embryo For Organ Harvesting

Renewal Bio is on a mission to the edge of science and ethics with aims to develop lifelike synthetic embryos cultivated in jars. This startup really wants to clone you into an embryo for the purposes of organ harvesting.

An Israeli biotech company claims it plans to develop human embryo-stage replicas in order to extract tissues for use in transplant therapies as part of its pursuit for novel kinds of longevity medicine.

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot biologist Jacob Hanna recently revealed significant developments in stem-cell technology and artificial wombs, which the business Renewal Bio is exploring. Hanna demonstrated earlier this week that his lab could create extremely lifelike mouse embryos using mouse stem cells and maintain them developing in a mechanical womb for several days until they formed beating hearts, flowing blood, and cranial folds.

For the first time, an advanced embryo without sperm, eggs, or even a uterus has been replicated. Monday ...

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