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The genesis of human beings has engrossed the human imagination and sparked philosophical, theological, scientific, and ethical investigations for millennia (Hahn et al., Nature 400:464–468, 1999; Schummer, J., 2009. The creation of life in cultural context: From spontaneous generation to synthetic biology. The ethics of protocells: Moral and social implications of creating life in the laboratory, pp.125–142.). The intricate nature of human biology, reproduction, and the ethical considerations associated with these processes make investigating human biological creation captivating yet arduous. This section explores the various facets of human biological production, including this significant topic’s scientific, ethical, and social implications.

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    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-05-04-laws-surrounding-human-tissue-use-need-to-be-reviewed.

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    https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/21/health/30-year-old-embryos-twins/index.html.

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    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-04-12-as-technology-advances-at-breakneck-speed-human-cloning-may-be-close-behind.

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    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02921-x.

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    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-04-05-are-we-ready-for-artificial-wombs-our-legal-and-ethical-frameworks-need-to-adapt-fast.

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    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-03-30-posthumously-conceived-children-a-legal-social-security-minefield.

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    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-03-15-gene-editing-raises-profound-moral-questions-on-ethics-eugenics-and-human-rights.

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    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2022-08-11-medical-progress-is-critical-but-so-are-the-ethics-surrounding-the-harvesting-and-use-of-human-cells.

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Marwala, T., Mpedi, L.G. (2024). Human Creation. In: Artificial Intelligence and the Law. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2827-5_8

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