Blastoid - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 09 Dec 2021 01:00:45 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Blastoid - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Scientists use stem cells to create models of pre-embryos https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/12/09/scientists-use-stem-cells-to-create-models-of-pre-embryos/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 06:55:03 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=143217 Scientists are using human stem cells to create a structure that mimics a pre-embryo and can serve as a research alternative to a real one. They say these "blastoids" provide an efficient, ethical way to study human development and pursue biomedical discoveries in fertility and contraception. The latest effort was detailed Thursday in the journal Read more

Scientists use stem cells to create models of pre-embryos... Read more]]> Scientists are using human stem cells to create a structure that mimics a pre-embryo and can serve as a research alternative to a real one.

They say these "blastoids" provide an efficient, ethical way to study human development and pursue biomedical discoveries in fertility and contraception.

The latest effort was detailed Thursday in the journal Nature. The structures aren't embryos, but scientists nevertheless didn't let them grow past two weeks in deference to longstanding ethical guidelines.

A blastoid is a model for a blastocyst, a ball of cells that form within a week of fertilization and are about the width of a hair.

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