Mouse embryo develops extra limbs instead of genitals
Inactivating a gene that codes for a protein involved in early mouse development results in the formation of two extra hindlimbs in the place of external genitalia...
Describes a cell capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo.
Inactivating a gene that codes for a protein involved in early mouse development results in the formation of two extra hindlimbs in the place of external genitalia...
by Rithika Bose
Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create a complete model of the human central nervous system and mirror its early stages of development in vitro...
Viral genetic material, integrated into our DNA millions of years ago, has an essential role in a key early stage in embryo development...
by Dr Geraldine Jowett and 1 others
Identifying the defining characteristics of different states of stem cell pluripotency could hold the key to improving human stem cell-based embryo models...
by Joel Mendes
Brain organoids made from human stem cells can integrate successfully with the visual system in rats, offering hope for repairing brain damage...
Precursors to the stem cells that make blood have been derived in vitro from human pluripotent stem cells for the first time...
Scientists have created a 'blastoid' model of the human embryo at early-stages that can successfully attach to uterine cells in vitro, mimicking the implantation of an embryo in the mother's uterus...
Insight into genetic control of human embryonic stem cells' fate has offered new insight into cancer genetics and could inform future work in regenerative medicine...
A new model of the human embryo made from stem cells has been developed by researchers in the USA...
by Purvi Shah
Researchers in Japan have successfully demonstrated the development of functional sperm cells that developed into fertile offspring from pluripotent embryonic stem cells, in mice...
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