Scientists create synthetic human embryos, eliminating need for sperm and eggs, thereby raising major ethical concerns - TheBlaze

Scientists create synthetic human embryos, eliminating need for sperm and eggs, thereby raising major ethical concerns - TheBlaze: 

While they were meddling with mice, a multi-institutional team of researchers, led by Chinese reproductive engineer Zhen Lu at the State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience in Shanghai, reportedly generated synthetic embryos using monkey embryonic stem cells, then successfully initiated pregnancies in monkeys via a process resembling in vitro fertilization.

Rather than abandon rodents to retread Lu's monkey business, Żernicka-Goetz and Hanna endeavored to tinker with the world's top primate.