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Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have generated the first induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from bats, gaining valuable insights into the close relationship between bats and viruses.
The birth of the microbiome
Barriers to embryo research
Studying the early development of a human embryo can be difficult due to the limited number available and ethical and legal constraints.
The International Consensus and National law for culturing human embryos states that embryos obtained by IVF can be cultured up to 14 days post-fertilization and/or the formation of a primitive streak, whichever is first, the Australian study said. The applicability of the 14-day rule to in vitro models of early development that are not derived by fertilization is not clear, the authors wrote. This led the team to be cautious and only culture the blastoids for up to five days.