# The World’s First-Ever “Synthetic Embryo” Is Already Causing Controversy

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-worlds-first-ever-synthetic-embryo-is-already-causing-controversy/
- Published: 2022-08-07T09:45:13-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Getty Images. Article by Noor Al-Sibai. Futurism – August 5, 2022. Scientists have created the world’s first lab-grown “synthetic embryo,” a groundbreaking moment in science that has reignited a fierce ethical debate. Led by molecular geneticist Joseph Hanna, a team of researchers at Israel’s Wizemann Institute of Science managed to create a synthetic mouse “embryo” in a lab without fertilized eggs or a uterus, potentially allowing us to get a glimpse of what happens in the early stages of human pregnancy as well. […] Click here to view original web page at futurism.com