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Future humans born in a Petri Dish?

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Scientists have used stem cells to create the closest approximation of a human embryo ever in a lab. It's a scientific milestone, and an ethical minefield."Our goal is not to create life," said Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz when the results of her research were published in the science journal Nature in late June 2023. But Żernicka-Goetz, a developmental biologist, and her team at the University of Cambridge had grown something very close to what could one day become a human being.