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A team of scientists has created synthetic human embryos from stem cells, without the need for either an egg or sperm — a remarkable breakthrough that raises plenty of thorny ethical questions. While ...

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Katsuhiko Hayashi pulls a clear plastic dish from an incubator and slides it under a microscope. "You really want to see the actual cells, right?" Hayashi asks as he motions toward the microscope.