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    from the “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” file

    Few would have imagined it might one day be possible to create human sperm in a laboratory, but that is now the proud claim of Professor Karim Nayernia of the North East England Stem Cell Institute. … Reactions two years ago, when the same team not only grew mouse sperm from embryonic cells but used it to produce baby mice, [...]



    Talks Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history