'Synthetic embryo' breakthrough but growing human organs far off - CNA

PARIS: Stem cell scientists say they have created "synthetic embryos" without using sperm, eggs or fertilisation for the first time, but the prospect of using such a technique to grow human organs for transplantation remains distant. The breakthrough was hail…

"NOT EMBRYOS" While they were the most advanced synthetic embryo-like structures ever grown, some scientists not involved in the research warned against calling them "embryos". "These are not embry… [+1898 chars]

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