Comment on Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'parentComments−random_ind_dude8ybabyIf, at some point in the future, scientists figure out a way to coax normal cells to become totipotent, will you consider amputation as murder?−nsxwolf8yNo, because you'd have to first take the step of inducing totipotency in the amputated cells?−ars8yAnd likewise, here you first to have to first take the step of implanting the embryo in a woman.Left alone, these cells will not become a child.
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If, at some point in the future, scientists figure out a way to coax normal cells to become totipotent, will you consider amputation as murder?
No, because you'd have to first take the step of inducing totipotency in the amputated cells?
And likewise, here you first to have to first take the step of implanting the embryo in a woman.
Left alone, these cells will not become a child.