Flipboard Science Desk<p>Scientists have used skin cells to create human eggs. The new technology could be a crucial step that would allow infertile women or same-sex couples to have babies with their own genes. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span> reports on how they did this, and the many ethical concerns around the technology, from "designer babies," to whether someone could create a child using only one person's genetic material. "There are 8 billion people in the world and some of them have very strong egos and some are very rich. So I wouldn't guarantee that no one would want to do that," says bioethicist Hank Greely.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/cFa7Ke" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/cFa7Ke</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Reproduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reproduction</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fertility</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a></p>