6 core challenges that researchers must consider as the race to create models that are ever closer to real human embryos heats up.

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

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Scientists have grown a human embryo-like structure in a lab which replicates very early human development - including the production of blood stem cells. The lab-grown embryo model could help ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development - including the ...

“Embryo models hold the promise, or threat, of not just creating a realistic model of the development of some parts of important human organs, but of leading to realistic models for all human organs ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This papier mache model of a human ...