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  • We should not pursue the development of bodyoids because a “bodyoid” is a living human body, and every living human body is a person.

    The use of human “bodyoids”: An alarming proposal Matthew Nelson 2026

  • Human bodyoids are not entirely within the realm of science fiction. Scientists have recently produced “embryoids,” or “synthetic ­embryos,” from reprogrammed stem cells, without the use of sperm and eggs.

    Zombie Bioethics - First Things Aaron Kheriaty 2025

  • Such technologies, together with established genetic techniques to inhibit brain development, make it possible to envision the creation of “bodyoids”—a potentially unlimited source of human bodies, developed entirely outside of a human body from stem cells, that lack sentience or the ability to feel pain.

    Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine Carsten T. Charlesworth 2025

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