Scientists create 'synthetic embryos' without using sperm, eggs or fertilisation

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The breakthrough was hailed as a major step forward, though some experts said the result could not fully be considered to be embryos and warned of future ethical considerations.

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 research built upon 2018 research that had a bundle of mouse stem cells self-organised into something resembling the beginnings of an embryo -- but with far fewer cells.They started by collecting cells from the skin of mice, and then made them artificially return to the state of stem cells. He preferred to call them embryoids, the name for a group of cells that resemble an embryo, emphasising that they showed only the very beginnings of organs.

Hanna said the team's "next challenge is to understand how stem cells know what to do -- how they self-assemble into organs and find their way to their assigned spots inside an embryo".If human organs could one day be grown in a lab, it could provide life-saving transplants to thousands of people every year without the need for donors.

 

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