Futureproof Extra: Creating the First Synthetic Human Embryo

Published: June 20, 2023, 6:30 a.m.

b'Have we just been made futile as a reproductive species? This week researchers in the University of Cambridge and in the US announced their creation of synthetic human embryos that won\\u2019t need eggs or sperm. To explore how they did this and its practical implications, Dr David Walsh, chairman of First IVF joins Jonathan to discuss.'