The Future of Babies: Artificial Wombs and Pregnant GrandmasBy LiveScience StaffAug. 28, 2008 |
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Artificial wombs and experiments on human embryos grown in the lab will be commonplace and no big deal ethically in 30 years, several scientists predict. They envision a scenario just like test-tube babies, which shocked us 30 years ago but now are fairly routine and acceptable to most people. That is one of many predictions about the future of assisted reproduction and other baby-related medical advances in a special news report, "Making Babies: The Next 30 Years," in the July 16 issue of the journal Nature. Here are some of the report's other predictions:
"The old-fashioned way is cheaper and more fun and that won't change in 30 years," she told Nature. Other experts interviewed by Helen Pearson for the report include Davor Solter, developmental biologist at the Institute of Medical Biology in Singapore, Alan Trounson, an IVF pioneer and director of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Alastair Sutcliffe, a pediatrician who studies the health of children after IVF at University College London, Scott Gelfand, director of the Ethics Center at Oklahoma State University, Miodrag Stojkovic, stem-cell biologist at the Prince Philip Centre of Investigation in Spain, Zev Rosenwaks, director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility in New York, and Regine Sitruk-Ware, reproductive endocrinologist and executive director of research and development at the Population Council in New York. |