University of Cambridge, UK - Scientists Grow “Synthetic” Embryo With Brain and Beating Heart – Without Eggs or Sperm [SciTechDaily, August 2022]

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Scientists Grow “Synthetic” Embryo With Brain and Beating Heart – Without Eggs or Sperm

 

By:

University of Cambridge, UK

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 27 August 2022

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-grow-synthetic-embryo-with-brain-and-beating-heart-without-eggs-or-sperm/

 

From the article:

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body. It represents a new avenue for recreating the first stages of life. 

 

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05246-3 

Lund University, Sweden - New method provides unique insight into the development of the human brain

Title:
New method provides unique insight into the development of the human brain

Published:
Lund University, 25 May 2020
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-provides-unique-insight-into-the-development-of-the-human-brain

From the article:
"Stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new research model of the early embryonic brain. The aim of the model is to study the very earliest stages of brain to understand how different regions in the brain are formed during embryonic development. With this new insight, researchers hope to be able to produce different types of neural cells for the treatment of neurological diseases more efficiently. The study is published in the journal Nature Biotechnology."