Scientists genetically modify human embryos for first time, reports say
A team of researchers has created the first genetically modified human embryos, the MIT Technology Review reported this week.
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A team of researchers has created the first genetically modified human embryos, the MIT Technology Review reported this week.
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Ophir Klein is growing teeth, which is just slightly less odd than what Jeffrey Bush is growing – tissues that make up the face. Jason Pomerantz is growing muscle; Sarah Knox is growing salivary glands; and Edward Hsiao ...
Jun 7, 2017
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Human heart muscle cells can be created in the lab, but researchers have been unable to grow the immature cells to the point where they could be useful.
Mar 29, 2017
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Families struggling with infertility or a genetic predisposition for debilitating mitochondrial diseases may someday benefit from a new breakthrough led by scientists at OHSU and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Nov 10, 2016
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Human cortex grown in a petri dish. Eye diseases treated with retinal cells derived from a patient's own skin cells. New drugs tested on human cells instead of animal models.
Sep 26, 2016
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In a World View opinion column published in Nature, a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher calls for animal-human embryo research to proceed – but only with strong animal protections in place. So-called ...
Sep 14, 2016
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have mapped out the sets of biological and chemical signals necessary to quickly and efficiently direct human embryonic stem cells to become pure populations of any ...
Jul 14, 2016
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins report that a type of lab-grown human nerve cells can partner with heart muscle cells to stimulate contractions. Because the heart-thumping nerve cells were derived from induced pluripotent stem ...
Jun 16, 2016
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The human placenta is an organ unlike any other. During the course of nine months it is formed by the embryo, sustains life and then is shed.
May 9, 2016
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A new technique that allows embryos to develop in vitro beyond the implantation stage (when the embryo would normally implant into the womb) has been developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge allowing them to ...
May 4, 2016
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