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Stem-cell-derived ‘embryos’ implanted in monkeys

An embryo-like ball of cells offers a way to study pregnancy and its complications without the typical ethical dilemmas.
  1. Gemma Conroy
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Scientists have created balls of cells that resemble embryos and trigger signs of early pregnancy in macaques. The stem-cell-derived blastoids could help researchers understand human embryo development without the ethical dilemmas of using real embryonic cells, according to a study published today in Cell Stem Cell1.

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Nature 616, 422-423 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00996-0

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  1. Li, J. et al. Cell Stem Cell https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2023.03.009 (2023).

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  2. Yu, L. et al. Nature 591, 620–626 (2021).

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