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Men May Soon be Completely Obsolete

Submitted by Rush

Edited by Subrosa

Tags: conception, science, babies, women, men

Scientists are researching methods of producing sperm cells from bone marrow. It's been done already with marrow extracted from male subjects, but now the question's been raised about whether it should be tried with females' marrow.

"Theoretically is it possible," Professor Nayernia said. "The problem is whether the sperm cells are functional or not. I don't think there is an ethical barrier, so long as it's safe. We are in the process of applying for ethical approval. We are preparing now to apply to use the existing bone marrow stem cell bank here in Newcastle. We need permission from the patient who supplied the bone marrow, the ethics committee and the hospital itself."


Aside from providing another alternative for otherwise infertile couples, the article points out that this could also be a breakthrough for lesbian couples. Two women could produce a true biological daughter together, eliminating the obstacles faced by having a child who is only biologically tied to one partner. The other partner typically goes through an adoption process, which can be frustrating and difficult.

Creating sperm from women would mean they would only be able to produce daughters because the Y chromosome of male sperm would still be needed to produce sons. The latest research brings the prospect of female-only conception a step closer.


It's only a matter of time, however, before the conservatives start crying about how this procedure would only make it easier for lesbians to breed more lesbians. They seem to love claiming that the children of gay couples will somehow always turn out to be gay.

In any case, who's gonna help me start my lady army?

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deathbyjonny

deathbyjonny

I'm lost
December 2006

APR 14, 2007 07:46 PM

'Men may soon be completely obsolete'..this seems somewhat sexist. I think men do a lot more than merely produce sperm.

st_even

st_even

Milwaukee, WI
September 2006

APR 14, 2007 07:47 PM

SirPsychoSexy said:

The only species currently around are the ones that are not extinct. That does not mean they found a way around a small genetic bottleneck, it may mean they did not experience it.

Also, yes I said we would find a way. In fact that is the entire point of the article from what I can tell.



First of all, Yogi Berra would be proud of the first sentence.

Secondly, if it "may mean that they did not experience it", then saying that human males WILL cease to exist in 100,000 years is a bit contradictory, hmm?

Thirdly, human intellect, not life, has found a way around it. Human intellect can, as of right now, in no way incite or change the evolutionary process, so it is vitally necessary to distinguish between the two.

Fourthly, no mass extinction (or extintion in general) has ever been chalked up to males ceasing to exist, and with no hisorical evidence of something that is actually measurable, it bears no credibility.

Besides, we'll have destroyed ourselves LONG before 100,000 years have passed.


geo35

geo35

Minneapolis, MN
January 2003

APR 14, 2007 07:47 PM

" We are preparing now to apply to use the existing bone marrow stem cell bank here in Newcastle. We need permission from the patient who supplied the bone marrow, the ethics committee and the hospital itself."

Man, all I can say is, I hope the patient is Manko. We need more little Manko girlie babies.

waterbean_05

waterbean_05

Indianapolis, IN
April 2007

APR 14, 2007 07:48 PM

This is a great reason why my paranoid ass should deny Bobby down the street his transplant marrow. We're a perfect match, and he really needs my help. But I can't have it on my conscience that, because of me, billions of men across the planet were slaughtered. Go to Hell, Bobby.

PS: Sorry about everything.

comrade

comrade

Portland, OR
April 2004

APR 14, 2007 07:51 PM

I'm shaking in my boots.

st_even

st_even

Milwaukee, WI
September 2006

APR 14, 2007 07:53 PM

Calypso

Calypso

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

APR 14, 2007 07:59 PM

SirPsychoSexy said:
The human male is literally going extinct in about 100,000 years from now.



That's assuming we haven't nuked each other into oblivion before then. <3

st_even

st_even

Milwaukee, WI
September 2006

APR 14, 2007 08:17 PM

Is there an echo in here? ARRR!!!

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

APR 14, 2007 08:17 PM

deathbyjonny said:
Hi. I have no sense of humor.



FancyD

fancyd

I'm lost
February 2006

APR 14, 2007 08:24 PM

interesting

Femke

Femke

Lloydminster, AB
March 2007

APR 14, 2007 08:33 PM

It'd be pretty awesome if they could do that though, not to "replace" men in that way, just to give options to the lesbians out there smile

DevilsReject

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH
February 2007

APR 14, 2007 08:57 PM

Hell a good percentage of us already are obsolete.

ElizaTheTroll

ElizaTheTroll

Australia
January 2006

APR 14, 2007 09:18 PM

So, who's gonna mow the lawn then, huh?

Iamwashone

Iamwashone

Baltimore, MD
May 2005

APR 14, 2007 09:19 PM

just 1 question isn't the process for extracting bone marrow incredibly painful? Also what if the marrow is from donor similar to a sperm bank? is there chance however minute that you could find yourself involved with a half sibling. Forget about cloning say hello to customized sperm or better yet smart sperm with a state of the art nano
tech brain for optimum fertilization. oops captian tangent has reared his head again....


skull

Kes

Kes

USA
August 2006

APR 14, 2007 09:31 PM

if it means there's gonna be more chicks its fine with me

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