Scientists Create Human Pre-Embryo for Research
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) Research into miscarriages, infertility and birth defects is now primed to undergo revolutionary advances, thanks to the creation in the lab of an early stage of human embryos by two separate international teams of scientists.
Both teams were able to use human cells to create artificial blastocysts, an early stage of conception that occurs a few days after egg fertilization but prior to the implantation and development of an embryo in the uterus.
Until now, research into human blastocysts relied on embryo donations from in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, which were scarce and difficult to obtain.
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Scientists use human cells to make structures that mimic earliest stages of development Updated: 4 days ago Published 4 days ago
This undated combination of microscope images provided by Monash University in March 2021 shows different iBlastoids (embryo-like structures) stained to highlight different cell types. Scientists made the cell structures in a lab and say they will allow for more research into the earliest stages of human development without running afoul of restrictions on using real embryos. (Monash University via AP)
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Print article WASHINGTON For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way for more research without running afoul of restrictions on using real embryos.
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