TESTING THE LIMITS: An artificially colored MRI of a 13-day-old human blastocyst implanted in the uterine wall© ANATOMICAL TRAVELOGUE/SCIENCE SOURCE
—Insoo Hyun et al., in a Nature commentary questioning the internationally agreed 14-day limit on human embryo research after two groups reported growing human embryos in vitro for 12–13 days (May 4)
—Peter Donovan, biologist at the University of California, Irvine, in response to the recent Nature commentary questioning the internationally agreed 14-day limit on human embryo research (May 4)
—Duke University biologist Sheila Patek, at an April event in Washington, DC, discussing the ramifications of her mentee’s mantis shrimp research being included in Senator Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) “wastebook,” which is designed to highlight what he deems to be unnecessary federally funded science (April 13)
—Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), sharing his thoughts on an April meeting where several of the researchers targeted by his “wastebook” ...
