Comments on: Did Researchers Really Grow Human Sperm from Stem Cells? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:51:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: rendev http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-41086 rendev Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:43:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/#comment-41086 Hi Fantastic Work! This discovery also help to better understand how genetic diseases were passed from generation to generation. Thanks! Hi

Fantastic Work!
This discovery also help to better understand how genetic diseases were passed from generation to generation. Thanks!

]]> By: Jojo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-38348 Jojo Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/#comment-38348 Ha! ABC's Nightline riffed on this news in Friday night story: A World Without Men: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8057662 Ha! ABC’s Nightline riffed on this news in Friday night story:

A World Without Men:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8057662

]]> By: Nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-38117 Nick Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:10:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/#comment-38117 Very shortsighted comment, Larry. Unless, of course, you're part of the religious right. After all, if you can create sperm in a dish, that means you can create sperm from a lady, and then she can have a genetically related child with her lesbian partner. And you're forgetting, of course, the fact that we have to test what is possible to find out whether or not the possible is helpful or not. E=MC^2 didn't have too much of an impact except on the physics community for quite a few years. Then we dropped the bomb and everything changed. E=MC^2 is the most powerful equation we know how to exploit. I think he also missed this quote: " The new technique “will allow researchers to study in detail how sperm forms and lead to a better understanding of infertility in men,” Professor Nayernia said in a statement…. “This understanding could help us develop new ways to help couples suffering infertility so they can have a child which is genetically their own” " Very shortsighted comment, Larry.

Unless, of course, you’re part of the religious right.

After all, if you can create sperm in a dish, that means you can create sperm from a lady, and then she can have a genetically related child with her lesbian partner.

And you’re forgetting, of course, the fact that we have to test what is possible to find out whether or not the possible is helpful or not.

E=MC^2 didn’t have too much of an impact except on the physics community for quite a few years. Then we dropped the bomb and everything changed. E=MC^2 is the most powerful equation we know how to exploit.

I think he also missed this quote: ” The new technique “will allow researchers to study in detail how sperm forms and lead to a better understanding of infertility in men,” Professor Nayernia said in a statement…. “This understanding could help us develop new ways to help couples suffering infertility so they can have a child which is genetically their own” “

]]> By: Larry Donn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-38053 Larry Donn Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:30:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/#comment-38053 I've long since ceased to get excited about some scientists' discoveries. They're almost never as significant as we are led to believe, and most seem to be a waste of time and money. I can't think of anything that could be accomplished with these phony "sperm" cells that can't be done with real sperm cells, which most men have in abundance. I’ve long since ceased to get excited about some scientists’ discoveries. They’re almost never as significant as we are led to believe, and most seem to be a waste of time and money. I can’t think of anything that could be accomplished with these phony “sperm” cells that can’t be done with real sperm cells, which most men have in abundance.

]]> By: Jumblepudding http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-37977 Jumblepudding Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:50:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/09/did-researchers-really-grow-human-sperm-from-stem-cells/#comment-37977 This could be promising if human sperm counts continue to decline. Not that low population is a problem at this point. This could be promising if human sperm counts continue to decline. Not that low population is a problem at this point.

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