Researchers created synthetic mouse embryos from stem cell, without eggs, sperm, or womb - Interesting Engineering

Only 0.5 percent of the cells developed into embryos. Those which did showed high similarity to naturally occurring embryos.

The researchers then used naive stem cells that had been cultured for years in a petri dish in the lab. Before placing them into the special incubator, these cells were divided into three groups. Whi… [+829 chars]

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