These Human Embryos are Fake… Now What?

Human embryo cells used for scientific research are tightly controlled, but what if they're not really … real? These are synthetic embryos. Scientists want to use them to understand better understand how humans are put together. || ✨Join Nebula and support me while watching this ad-free go.nebula.tv/tracedominguez, go watch “That Time When” Nebula Original: nebula.tv/thattimewhen?ref=tracedominguez
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Human embryos are a difficult thing for medical researchers to handle. They're heavily regulated bits of human biology. Right now, any human embryos created for research have to be destroyed after 14 days unless they're implanted inside a person. But once they're in a person, it's impossible to study them under a microscope! Researchers needed a solution. They mixed several different types of pluripotent stem cells with some chemicals, and let them self-form into these "new" synthetic embryos. Synthetic embryos can't be implanted, and will never form a fetus, but they do behave very similarly to regular embryos and some researchers think they should be able to study them after the 14-day limit. What do you think? How did they make these? What does it all mean? Find out in this video.
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Scientists create world’s first ‘synthetic embryos’
www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/03/scientists-create-worlds-first-synthetic-embryos
Researchers use stem cells from mice to form embryo-like structures with intestinal tract, beginnings of a brain, and a beating heart
Scientists Create Embryo-Like Model that Mimics Post-Implantation Stage of Human Development
www.caltech.edu/about/news/scientists-create-embryo-like-model-that-mimics-post-implantation-stage-of-human-development
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at Caltech, and her colleagues have generated a human embryo-like model that mimics aspects of the second week of human development, a time after embryos become implanted in the womb.
Healthy Lifestyle: Pregnancy week by week
www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/pregnancy-week-by-week/in-depth/prenatal-care/art-20045302#:~:text=During%20fertilization%2C%20the%20sperm%20and,lining%20%E2%80%94%20a%20process%20called%20implantation.

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  • @jonathandevries2828
    @jonathandevries28289 ай бұрын

    Hey Trace, liked the shorter form (i'm able to watch it while getting ready for work), but please dont stop making the long style too!

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Por que no los dos!

  • @jonathandevries2828

    @jonathandevries2828

    9 ай бұрын

    exactamundo! @@TraceDominguez

  • @jsalsman
    @jsalsman9 ай бұрын

    He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who used CRISPR to edit the germline of human twin girls born in 2018, was released from jail after three years, in early 2022.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the update!

  • @LucasDimoveo
    @LucasDimoveo9 ай бұрын

    Ngl growing synthetic humans would be kinda cool

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Buddy would know

  • @gramps2matt
    @gramps2matt9 ай бұрын

    Trace, oh Trace. How good to see you again. I've been off KZread for a bit due to circumstances out of my control, but glad to see me fellow Detroiter is still here doing his thing.. I do like the shorter format. Casualization of a topic is better than longer attempts. And your delivery is always exactly the style that keeps people's attention.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks gramps!

  • @bronwynecg
    @bronwynecg9 ай бұрын

    Man, can’t wait for the eugenics guys to get a hold of this >.>

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @bronwynecg

    @bronwynecg

    9 ай бұрын

    I was being sarcastic... @@TraceDominguez

  • @vankike7
    @vankike79 ай бұрын

    Love the content! keep it coming, short or long 👏🏼

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you ☀️🥳

  • @shahatease1

    @shahatease1

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes

  • @hexramdass2644
    @hexramdass26449 ай бұрын

    Very cool, miscarriage is a very traumatic part of many people's lives and we should work to change that

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Agreed

  • @ugzz
    @ugzz9 ай бұрын

    Just wanted to comment that I'm so glad I just found this channel! I've been on youtube since before google owned it and i have over 600 subscriptions.. So i've been going through old defunct subs and channels and when I hit some old D news stuff I was like, Hey I loved that host! Google'd your name and landed here! So glad your still making content... and now I have backlog to checkout!

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    8 ай бұрын

    Welcome aboard!

  • @CuzicanAerospace
    @CuzicanAerospace9 ай бұрын

    2:59 Nice Terry Bisson reference.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    thinking meat????

  • @user-bk4pm6me8i
    @user-bk4pm6me8i9 ай бұрын

    Truly, this is the finest video about this subject.

  • @elinemeg
    @elinemeg9 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this nuanced yet comprehensive explanation of a very difficult topic. I love the long videos, but I think I might love this shorter format even more! Keep 'em coming! Please 😊

  • @jamesmartinez991
    @jamesmartinez9919 ай бұрын

    Sounds like someone found a legal loop hole. That may or may not be a good thing.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    We’ll see

  • @RentedRedux
    @RentedRedux9 ай бұрын

    You said all the spooky 'genetics', embryos', and 'research' words. Time for all the weird fearmongering comments ripped out of Hollywood plotlines.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Hahahaha

  • @mohammedshujamirzabeg5044
    @mohammedshujamirzabeg50446 ай бұрын

    In which country the research is going on.?

  • @lyledal
    @lyledal9 ай бұрын

    Hi Trace! So, have certain groups of individuals declared these things to be people yet? Also, that it's an abomination or whatnot? I know they aren't people, but that won't stop certain people from saying they are.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    We’ll have to wait and seeeeee

  • @alestrius

    @alestrius

    9 ай бұрын

    @@TraceDominguez Realistically, it's inevitable. There will be giant masses of people who still oppose this for increasingly thin and transparent "religious" or "ethical" reasons no matter what, often with outright inaccurate "facts" born purely out of ignorance.

  • @marktheshark9680
    @marktheshark96809 ай бұрын

    I will now be saying “bump uglies” for the next month! LoL. Great and very interesting video as always Trace!

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Ha! I heard it when I was a kid and it just stuck

  • @carolan9740
    @carolan97409 ай бұрын

    Like the shorter version can listen on the train- yet get my fix of science thanks :)

  • @Fan_of_Ado
    @Fan_of_Ado9 ай бұрын

    Syth Humans would be so cool

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Or warm, depending on

  • @gunsarrus7836
    @gunsarrus78369 ай бұрын

    Plant based meat is way less efficient compared to real meat but this research development is a step in the right direction. It will help us perfect artificial wombs so we can free mankind from gynocentrism

  • @frednobel303
    @frednobel3039 ай бұрын

    He's not in jail anymore (Doctor He), I looked him up recently. He got out in 2022.

  • @CubeSavvy
    @CubeSavvy9 ай бұрын

    Thank you Trace for striking the balance w content duration. The future of reproductive medicine sure looks bright!

  • @raphaelatienza
    @raphaelatienza9 ай бұрын

    9:05 Did everyone get that Notting Hill (1999) reference? 🤔

  • @Green0Photon
    @Green0Photon9 ай бұрын

    It's cloning time

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    I doubt it - they can’t be implanted

  • @MrIsaiahdix
    @MrIsaiahdix9 ай бұрын

    Well done, my man.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks bud!

  • @ryanblystone5153
    @ryanblystone51539 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @MRBLACK1080
    @MRBLACK10809 ай бұрын

    Don't play. I miss you Trace

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    I miss you too!

  • @LordRoop
    @LordRoop9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for acknowledging the moral issue with this video. This does sound like a promising alterna Maybe more shorter videos with long form to follow up and deep dive if a particular topic trends well? Just a thought.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Thats what I’m thinking

  • @samuelmelamed100
    @samuelmelamed1009 ай бұрын

    So these cells that the researchers created are embryo-like cells I understand... Could this field have applications in stem cell harvesting - a more ethical and personalized method of getting pluripotent stem cells? Is this already in practice? or Is there some issue with this 5% difference from real embryonic cells and thus stem cells?

  • @nicbaldwin1865
    @nicbaldwin18659 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @user-le1ts4gp7e
    @user-le1ts4gp7e9 ай бұрын

    come on trace.

  • @cyberwaves
    @cyberwaves9 ай бұрын

    Is it path to designer baby?

  • @likebot.
    @likebot.9 ай бұрын

    Does your clone play cards with Joe (bork bork) Scott's clone? He should get out more and away from the console. I think all edutainers on KZread should have either a clone or a Robocody. Except for Simone Giertz: that's too on-the-nose. LOL.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Buddy never leaves the house, he just hangs out

  • @samuelrosander1048
    @samuelrosander10489 ай бұрын

    This sounds great, but there will be OTHER ethical concerns, namely creating people who have no legal rights because of technicalities or whatever biotech companies will come up with to protect their "property." We live in a capitalist reality. You can't discount the obsession with property rights and profits just because you found a loophole for one ethical controversy (which is a silly controversy to begin with, but religious people are pretty obsessive and like to ruin things for everyone else). In fact, what you describe using the analogy of burgers pretty much sums up the issue. If you create a person from that tissue, is it a person or does it just behave like one? Should it have the legal rights of a person? Should it be considered property because a business created it? Does the business fill the same role as a parent, and have the right to teach it whatever they want? Plenty of issues arise from this, mostly revolving around the concept of property, and how we as a society value living things (or more accurately, how we DEvalue them for our benefit). Don't be duped into believing "it can't happen here/now," because it certainly can. We haven't changed all THAT much since the Civil Rights movement, and a lot of the people who were fighting against civil rights back then...are still alive today. As are their kids. Their hierarchical, anti-humanist thinking didn't just go away. Dog whistles took over for a lot of the explicitly bigoted arguments, and now they're throwing out the whistles and pulling back the curtains to show that a lot of people still believe those things. Edit: Listening further, not being "real" (viable) embryos sounds better. However, there still needs to be a lot of oversight to make sure that we're not just told what we want to hear out of expedience.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the edit ✨

  • @Ultrazaubererger

    @Ultrazaubererger

    9 ай бұрын

    This just about sums up my thoughts.

  • @maninthemiddleground2316
    @maninthemiddleground23169 ай бұрын

    Sorry Trace … tried plant-based burger … it did NOT taste like animal based burger.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    8 ай бұрын

    really? where did you get it?

  • @maninthemiddleground2316

    @maninthemiddleground2316

    8 ай бұрын

    @@TraceDominguez here in Philippines we have these crazy expensive cured “meats” which I was crazy enough to buy just to try out made from soy and mushrooms. I will admit that it has gone a long way and the taste has definitely improved much. 20 years ago you can get plant based “beef” that looks like beef but tastes like cardboard. Nowadays, it looks like beef but taste like a meat (a little bit) but the aftertaste gives it away.

  • @Monkey_D_Luffy56
    @Monkey_D_Luffy569 ай бұрын

    If I didn't know you are from Seeker, I wouldn't know this channel is an educational one I thought it was just a clown from TikTok who's talking misinformation on KZread.

  • @DaveSomething
    @DaveSomething9 ай бұрын

    a lot of research will not happen as long as reeeeeeligion interferes with it. I'm expecting some reeeee, luckily I'm usually just ignored.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    We’ll have to wait and see

  • @AnimilesYT
    @AnimilesYT9 ай бұрын

    Genetic disorders like diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancers, intersex conditions, autism, gayness, etc. As an autistic person this research is scary. It brings us closer to eugenics and it opens the doors for a lot of marginalisation and discrimination...

  • @TheCaffeineKid

    @TheCaffeineKid

    9 ай бұрын

    Another autistic person here. Don't fix us, we are not broken. We are just different. Population diversity is very important to resisting new threats. If everyone is the same everyone can be killed by the same virus or pathogen.

  • @macdietz

    @macdietz

    9 ай бұрын

    This has been an anti-[elective]abortion stance for a long time, glad you agree when it effects someone like you.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    9 ай бұрын

    I don’t think this is about “fixing” people - no one wants to not be who they are. What it is about is understanding where and how some genetic or cell-division disorders may start. My hope: Understanding differences helps us accept and love 🎈 thanks for your comment!

  • @hrithiksharma2047
    @hrithiksharma20479 ай бұрын

    Wait a minute how could it possibly be unethical when it's not going to become a human. That's just idiotic.

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