“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 1 month 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 1 month ago
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 month 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 1 month ago
ter_maxima@jlai.lu 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
The polycule meta evolves
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Uh, guys? Margaret Atwood wants a word…
Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Leviathan Wakes
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I completely forgot that Holden was part of that commune of, what, eight mothers?
memfree@piefed.social 1 month ago
That's gonna mess up how we trace ancestry.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Instead of a family tree, you have a flux capacitor.