Improved embryo models reveal mechanisms of early human development
A simplified stem-cell-based embryo model of the early human embryo has revealed a key mechanism required for blastocyst cavity formation...
A simplified stem-cell-based embryo model of the early human embryo has revealed a key mechanism required for blastocyst cavity formation...
Pausing new submissions to the US National Institutes of Health Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry could jeopardise treatments and stall decades of research, the International Society for Stem Cell Research has warned....
by Professor Alfonso Martínez Arias and 2 others
Professor Alfonso Martínez Arias, Dr Nicolas Rivron and Dr Naomi Moris set out key recommendations from a foundational framework for research, technological development and regulation in relation to stem-cell-based embryo models...
In this two-part conversation, Dr Philip Ball and Dr Naomi Moris explore the intersection of philosophy and developmental biology, discussing stem-cell-based embryo models and ethical questions raised by emerging research...
A three-dimensional structure of DNA begins forming before an embryo's own genes switch on...
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 40th episode of its podcast, PET discusses longstanding controversies surrounding PGT-A, with Dr Deborah Cohen, Professor Karen Sermon, Dr Justin Chu, James Lawford Davies and Professor Manuela Perrotta...
Ancient viral DNA sequences in the mouse genome may offer insight into a severe muscle-wasting disease in humans…
by Jen Willows
Both natural human embryos and stem cell-based embryo models have been observed implanting in cultured models of the human endometrial lining...
by Professor Robin Lovell-Badge
Professor Robin Lovell-Badge – chair of trustees at PET – discusses three new studies exploring human embryo implantation, and argues that while the research represents an important breakthrough, it should not be misconstrued as a step toward ectogenesis...
The second session of 'What Does Genomics Mean for Fertility Treatment?' – the 2025 Annual Conference of PET – explored controversies surrounding preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy...
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