London, June 15 (Ians) A joint team of researchers from the US and the UK have for the first time created a synthetic human embryo-like structure from stem cells, without eggs and sperm.
The structures do not have a beating heart or a brain, but have cells which can later form the placenta, yolk sac and the embryo itself, the Guardian reported.
The finding may pave the way for understanding of genetic diseases or the causes of miscarriages.
Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz from the University of Cambridge, UK and also a professor of biology and biological engineering at California Institute of Technology (CalTech), US, developed the embryo model using stem cells – the body’s master cells, which can develop into almost any cell type in the body.
“We can create human embryo-like models by the reprogramming of [embryonic stem] cells,” said Zernicka-Goetz while presenting the research at the International Society for Stem Cell Research...
The structures do not have a beating heart or a brain, but have cells which can later form the placenta, yolk sac and the embryo itself, the Guardian reported.
The finding may pave the way for understanding of genetic diseases or the causes of miscarriages.
Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz from the University of Cambridge, UK and also a professor of biology and biological engineering at California Institute of Technology (CalTech), US, developed the embryo model using stem cells – the body’s master cells, which can develop into almost any cell type in the body.
“We can create human embryo-like models by the reprogramming of [embryonic stem] cells,” said Zernicka-Goetz while presenting the research at the International Society for Stem Cell Research...
- 6/15/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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