No it's not creepy and not it's not an embryo. Read just the first bit of information to know why.
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Israel found that stem cells from mice could be made to self-assemble into early embryo-like structures with an intestinal tract, the beginnings of a brain, and a beating heart.
They've created a... clump of cells using stem cells that formed potential organs. Not functional or grown, but potential.
No it's not creepy and not it's not an embryo.
Read just the first bit of information to know why.
>Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Israel found that stem cells from mice could be made to self-assemble into early embryo-like structures with an intestinal tract, the beginnings of a brain, and a beating heart.
They've created a... clump of cells using stem cells that formed potential organs. Not functional or grown, but potential.
The fact they're doing this at all is what is creepy.
The fact they're doing this at all is what is creepy.
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