Wow.  It’s truly a miracle of modern science.  Male sperm cells have been duplicated from completely different male cells, and this may even be treading on the morally ethical or not ethical line in terms of procreation, but I’m on the VERY LIBERAL side of the fence on this issue, trust me. 

In the ongoing research that is currently happening in the area of stem cell technology ( a very politically touchy subject at the moment ), apparently now sperm cells can be recreated, or synthetically generated from the cells found in bone marrow!  Now, this is truly significant, and also goes to show that we’re not in the age of innocence any more, scientifically, socially, and politically speaking.

But not so fast…researchers are saying that this is really just the beginning, and these bone marrow-derived cells are really just starting to show the signs that they are developing into immature sperm cells, and the genesis into mature sperm cells that are capable of reproducing may be as much as five years off, which is really only like minutes scientifically speaking. 

Heck, we all know how fast five years flies by in our lives.  Sad, actually how fast time goes, especially scientifically speaking.  One has to wonder though, are we meant to scientifically advance this far, genetically speaking? 

Or is this my skeptic speaking out loud?  Am I getting too existential on you?  I really do just wonder, should we really be “perverting” science to this degree, or is this truly a miracle that could help millions of people in ways we can’t even imagine?  Just an open discussion….feel free to add your comments on this controversial, thought provoking subject.