“Hi, I want to introduce you to my mom, my dad, and my Tim.”
Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF
Submitted 3 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/16/1120285/babies-born-trial-of-three-person-ivf/
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Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
In Irish mythology, men with great destinies like Lugaid Riab nDerg (and by some tellings Cú Chulainn) are conceived of three fathers.
Lugaid’s mother seduced triplets Bres, Nár and Lothar to hedge her bets in case 1 or 2 died in battle. He was born with a horizontal red stripe across his hips and another across his chest showing he was ⅓ from each.
fubarx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ter_maxima@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
I don’t think eugenics can be prevented by preventing scientific progress. It’s an ideological problem, just like nuclear bombs.
ter_maxima@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
Really hope we can have this for polyamorous relationships soon. Powers of two are more convenient though :
4 people make 2 “fictitious ancestor” cells, which are induced into meiosis. The resulting gametes are assembled, and here you go ! A child that is genetically related to all 4 parents (who are technically their grandparents)
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
The polycule meta evolves
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Uh, guys? Margaret Atwood wants a word…
Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Leviathan Wakes
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I completely forgot that Holden was part of that commune of, what, eight mothers?
memfree@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
That's gonna mess up how we trace ancestry.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Instead of a family tree, you have a flux capacitor.