Embryonic Stem Cell Research

[Faustina]

What do you think about the creation of human ovum from the umbilical cord blood? One of our research doctors has done that here about a month or two ago.

Here is the link:
utmem.edu/news/may/bukovsky.htm

 

[JamesD]

Faustina:

What do you think about the creation of human ovum from the umbilical cord blood? One of our research doctors has done that here about a month or two ago.

Here is the link:
utmem.edu/news/may/bukovsky.htm

I think that the ovum is generated from the women’s adult stem cells (Ovarian stem cells).
I don’t think that is a moral problem.
However, that stated potential reasons for doing so (IVF or creating embrios for harvest) seem problematic.
If this technique is used to replace or prolong a womens fertility (with normal sexual relations). It seems like a good thing.
I wonder if fertility research can be done without a stage that involve IVF of the ovum.