Stem cells: the future of science explained | LSE Research

What if making babies didn’t require sperm or eggs? In this video see the cutting-edge technology that could revolutionise how we treat infertility, and transform medicine altogether.

We speak to LSE Professor Emily Jackson to understand this rapidly developing new science and the ethical and legal questions that surround stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs).

“Developmental biology is raising issues that are just as significant as AI, where the social, ethical, legal, cultural implications are just as important, and we need social scientists to be thinking about those.”

Scientists are using induced pluripotent stem cells to create organoids, model diseases, and potentially generate sperm and eggs from skin cells, offering hope for those facing infertility. Discover how breakthroughs in stem cell research, CRISPR, and regenerative medicine are transforming our understanding of biology and medicine, and what this means for the future of IVF, and human development.

Emily Jackson is Professor of Law at LSE Law School: https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/people/acad...

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00:00 How will stem cell research change medicine?
00:42 What are embryonic stem cells and what can they do?
02:07 How are stem cell-based embryo models made?
02:33 Organoids, CRISPR and how this research impacts lives
03:15 Making sperm and eggs from stem cells
04:03 Can you have more than two biological parents?
04:54 Are SCBEMs legal? Where's the regulation?
05:58 What does the public think of stem cell research?
07:09 Could SCBEMs change IVF?
07:51 What is the future of stem cell technology?

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