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Early Embryo Models Generated from Mouse Stem Cells
Early Embryo Models Generated from Mouse Stem Cells
Extended pluripotent stem cells from mice can self-organize to form blastocyst-like structures called blastoids that enable a closer look at early mammalian development.
Early Embryo Models Generated from Mouse Stem Cells
Early Embryo Models Generated from Mouse Stem Cells

Extended pluripotent stem cells from mice can self-organize to form blastocyst-like structures called blastoids that enable a closer look at early mammalian development.

Extended pluripotent stem cells from mice can self-organize to form blastocyst-like structures called blastoids that enable a closer look at early mammalian development.

biochemistry, developmental biology

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How to Grow a Mouse Embryo in a Dish
Roni Dengler, PhD | Aug 3, 2021 | 3 min read
Researchers are taking the concept of three-dimensional cell culture beyond single organoids to develop embryos from cells.
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Turtle Embryos May Have a Say in Deciding Their Sex
Katarina Zimmer | Aug 1, 2019 | 4 min read
In a species of freshwater turtle, embryos can move toward warmer or cooler environments within the egg and thus help choose their sexual destiny, but not all experts are convinced.
Mutations in One Gene Linked to Two Separate Birth Defects
Emma Yasinski | Feb 1, 2019 | 4 min read
The same network of transcription factors may be responsible for both cleft palate and neural tube defects, according to a new study connecting mouse and human data.
Study Explains How Newborn Mice Can Regrow Damaged Hearts
Ruth Williams | May 2, 2018 | 4 min read
The extracellular matrix appears to inhibit regeneration; but scientists debate whether heart muscle really comes back.  
Snake Sex Determination Dogma Overturned
Abby Olena, PhD | Jul 6, 2017 | 3 min read
Researchers find that boas and pythons use an XY sex chromosome system, rather than the previously assumed ZW system found in some other snakes.
Plastic Pollutants Can Harm Fish
Tracy Vence | Jun 6, 2016 | 3 min read
European perch larvae exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of polystyrene particles preferred to eat the microplastics in place of prey, according to a study.
Contributors
Amanda B. Keener | Aug 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2015 issue of The Scientist.
Stem Cell Suicide Switch
Megan Scudellari | May 3, 2012 | 3 min read
Human embryonic stem cells swiftly kill themselves in response to DNA damage.
Model Citizen
Karen Hopkin | Mar 1, 2012 | 9 min read
With an eye to understanding animal regeneration, Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado has turned a freshwater planarian into a model system to watch.
Cell Change Up
Cristina Luiggi | Feb 9, 2012 | 3 min read
Imaging cell cytoskeletons during early embryonic development leads researchers to uncover a new regulator of cell shape
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