By Alexis Heng Boon Chin, Lee Wei Lim, and Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin Singapore, like most affluent East Asian countries, has seen a drastic decline in total fertility rates (TFR) in recent years. In 2022 and 2023, the TFR hit new lows of 1.04 and 0.97 children per woman, respectively. This has dire implications for […]
Category: Embryos
Synthetic human embryo models: A new frontier in science with ethical implications
By Ricardo Diaz Milian. The world has recently seen a significant breakthrough, as researchers announced the creation of the first synthetic human embryos derived from stem cells without using sperm or eggs. The details are lacking since the work has yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. However, this development clearly raises both interesting […]