Event Review: Stembryos – The future of reproduction?
As stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) become increasingly complex, they also raise big questions – how do we define a human embryo, and what limits should be placed on SCBEM research?...
As stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) become increasingly complex, they also raise big questions – how do we define a human embryo, and what limits should be placed on SCBEM research?...
Heralding the technology behind SCBEMs as 'one of the 21st century's most dramatic scientific developments', Professor Emily Jackson's lecture was packed with fascinating legal and ethical commentary...
Alabama legislators have agreed new laws to protect IVF after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered unborn children...
Viral genetic material, integrated into our DNA millions of years ago, has an essential role in a key early stage in embryo development...
Throughout 2024, PET will be celebrating the 25th birthday of BioNews. BioNews launched as a weekly digital publication in March 1999, and today we are publishing our 1225th edition...
Developing guidelines for research using fetal tissues in Japan, and 'the argument of potential' as an ethical consideration for embryos and integrated embryo models are discussed in this Human Developmental Biology Initiative ethics seminar...
A placenta model, developed at the University of Cambridge, is enabling scientists to better understand the underlying cause of reproductive disorders...
by Yan Lau
Lord Robert Winston, pioneer of IVF, award-winning broadcaster and member of the House of Lords is the subject of the Naked Scientists 'Titans of Science' podcast...
The UK's 14-day legal limit on human embryo research should be the subject of public discussion, researchers have said...
A human embryo model created from adult stem cells shows the production of blood cells during early development...
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