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minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours agoI have more questions than answers why testicle tissue? Was it an actual clone? Or just using sperm in the testicles? If a clone how? While I knew cloning was possible, the fact that a random group was able to pull it off, is frankly scary as shit …
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoSperm are stem cells, aren’t they? Maybe that’s why?
minus-squareCephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours ago Sperm are stem cells You’re close. Sperm aren’t stem cells, but the stem cells that differentiate into sperm are found in the testes.
I have more questions than answers why testicle tissue? Was it an actual clone? Or just using sperm in the testicles? If a clone how?
While I knew cloning was possible, the fact that a random group was able to pull it off, is frankly scary as shit …
Sperm are stem cells, aren’t they? Maybe that’s why?
You’re close. Sperm aren’t stem cells, but the stem cells that differentiate into sperm are found in the testes.