Methods giving insight into embryos named Nature Method of the Year
Methods for modelling development, including stem-cell-based embryo models, have been named Method of the Year by Nature Methods...
A stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEM) is a coherent multicellular structure that – in some respects – resembles an embryo in the earliest stages of development.
SCBEMs are created in the laboratory from stem cells, rather than from eggs and sperm.
Methods for modelling development, including stem-cell-based embryo models, have been named Method of the Year by Nature Methods...
The second session of the PET 2023 Annual Conference asked 'Where do we go next?' following Professor Peter Braude's superb coverage of the history of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act...
by Dr Lien De Proost and 1 others
Dr Lien De Proost and Dr Nienke de Graeff, bioethics academics at Leiden University Medical Centre, explore the possibility of doubling the 14-day limit on embryo research in the Netherlands...
Further political debate on whether embryo research should be extended to a 28-day limit may be postponed following the unforeseen far right win during last week's Dutch national election…
Stem-cell-based embryo models are self-organised, 3D structures that mimic the developmental processes that occur in early embryos. This event examined the science, methods, and future of this area of stem cell research...
Dr Calum MacKellar discusses the biological, moral and legal status of stem-cell-based embryonic entities...
The Health Council of the Netherlands has recommended that the 14-day rule for embryo research should be extended to a 28-day rule, as this could yield knowledge that helps to prevent developmental diseases and treat infertility...
The most complete human embryo model to date has been created, mimicking all of the key structures that emerge in the early embryo by day 14 of 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...
What does it mean to be human? Have you ever questioned the meaning of self or humanity? Dr Yee Yen Goh reviews the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar 2022 award lecture, given by Dr Philip Ball...
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