27 year old embryo develops into healthy baby

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  1. TeacherBelgium

    TeacherBelgium Well-Known Member

    Moly Gibson was frozen in in 1992 and planted in her mother's womb in 2019. She was born in 2020 and is now the oldest embryo ever to develop into a fully grown healthy baby.
    Her mother was conceived in 1990.
    So technically Moly is only 1,5 years older than her mother.
    Which is so fascinating.
    Cryopreservation shows so many potential.
    Who knows that freezing in human beings who are already born might ever be possible.
    I know that Elon Musk dreams of eternal life and Britney Spears and that most people might think they are completely crazy for that, but now their dream might be closer than ever thought. Who knows. Maybe we can freeze in a person and they might be able to '' time travel '' years into the future when their entire generation has already passed away.
    Sounds futuristic and crazy, I know, but still... I'm fascinated by the potential of new technologies...

    Imagine having to tell your child that you are actually young enough to actually be her sister, considering the age difference between Moly and her bio mother.
     
  2. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    It is the collective opinion of the medical profession that embryos are not yet people.

    Your comments about the age of the embryo compared to humans is baseless. Embryos are not "born" yet, so their age is not calculated from conception. Age is calculated from birth.
     
  3. TeacherBelgium

    TeacherBelgium Well-Known Member

    Still, an impressive milestone that an embryo that old develops into a healthy baby.
     
  4. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    You've got that right.
     
  5. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    When snipped like this - it becomes quite a startling sentence. :) I think it was William Burroughs who liked pre-Internet "cut and paste" and made word-collages. He'd like this one, I'm sure. Sweet dreams, Elon!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs

    Yeah - it WAS him. From the Wiki: "Burroughs also popularized the literary cut-up technique in works such as The Nova Trilogy (1961–1964)."
     
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  6. TeacherBelgium

    TeacherBelgium Well-Known Member

    Omg, I hadn't thought about it like that. You make me spit my soup out from laughing :-D
     

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