I mean, it's a real thing. Sperm is not that special as a gamete vector except that it's very robust and motile.
The egg is very important, since it carries the cellular machinery that the baby will replicate for their whole life. The mitochondria have their own set of DNA that comes exclusively from the mother.
Look, I don't like the implications, and I'm sure there are negative consequences to not having sperm, but sperm is not necessary to concieve new human life.
This being said, clones die rather young in their life due to a whole array of health complications. Might be the same with this reciprocal IVF.
There was also a guy who was born without sperm, and he also died rather young, but it had nothing to do with his health at the time. This was an extraordinary case, considering clones and reciprocal IVF can only result in women being born.
reciprocal IVF needs sperm. All it is taking one women's eggs, fertilizing them, and putting it in another woman. It literally is the same thing as IVF, only they give it a special name because both the donor and the receiver will be considered "mothers". Generally the donor is not considered to have a relationship with the child.
I have no idea what you're talking about. There is no way to fertilize an egg without sperm
Oh. I'm mistaken. I listened to too much propaganda back when reciprocal IVF came out.
But theoretically, an egg can have the DNA swapped into a sperm-like vector for impregnation of the other egg. But perhaps there is much more to the equation than what is currently understood about sperm.
I mean, it's a real thing. Sperm is not that special as a gamete vector except that it's very robust and motile.
The egg is very important, since it carries the cellular machinery that the baby will replicate for their whole life. The mitochondria have their own set of DNA that comes exclusively from the mother.
That's garbage. Both the sperm and the egg are equally as important in forming a Zygote. The Zygote is not the same egg
Equally important prior to IVF stuff.
How do you think they cloned Dolly the sheep?
Look, I don't like the implications, and I'm sure there are negative consequences to not having sperm, but sperm is not necessary to concieve new human life.
This being said, clones die rather young in their life due to a whole array of health complications. Might be the same with this reciprocal IVF.
There was also a guy who was born without sperm, and he also died rather young, but it had nothing to do with his health at the time. This was an extraordinary case, considering clones and reciprocal IVF can only result in women being born.
reciprocal IVF needs sperm. All it is taking one women's eggs, fertilizing them, and putting it in another woman. It literally is the same thing as IVF, only they give it a special name because both the donor and the receiver will be considered "mothers". Generally the donor is not considered to have a relationship with the child.
I have no idea what you're talking about. There is no way to fertilize an egg without sperm
Oh. I'm mistaken. I listened to too much propaganda back when reciprocal IVF came out.
But theoretically, an egg can have the DNA swapped into a sperm-like vector for impregnation of the other egg. But perhaps there is much more to the equation than what is currently understood about sperm.