How can monkey-human hybrid embryos help fix the organ shortage?
It’s all about the blastoids
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5 min readMay 26, 2021
We have an organ shortage.
People are desperate for organs, but there is no easy way to make more. It would be awesome if we could use a summoning charm (accio membrum?) to create and distribute kidneys and livers, but unless we radically change our approach — or create human organs that we can harvest from animals — we’re shit out of luck.
Last month, a new milestone in attempts to advance medical treatment of humans by…