Scientists Consider How Overturning Roe Might Affect Research
Scientists Consider How Overturning Roe Might Affect Research
Researchers who work with materials such as fetal tissue and human embryonic stem cells are facing new restrictions, the latest in a long line of regulations, that could impede important advances.
Researchers who work with materials such as fetal tissue and human embryonic stem cells are facing new restrictions, the latest in a long line of regulations, that could impede important advances.
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Human Stem Cell Research Guidelines Updated
Ruth Williams | May 26, 2021 | 5 min read
Removal of the 14-day limit for culturing human embryos is one of the main changes in the revised recommendations from the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
Human Blastocyst-Like Structures Made in the Lab
Abby Olena, PhD | Mar 17, 2021 | 4 min read
Two new papers describe the generation of so-called blastoids, which could avoid the use of embryonic cells and make studying early human development much more accessible.
CRISPR Gene Editing Prompts Chaos in DNA of Human Embryos
Amanda Heidt | Jun 26, 2020 | 3 min read
Three studies identify unintended consequences of gene editing in human embryos, including large deletions and reshuffling of DNA.
Genome Editing on Board
Bob Grant | Jan 1, 2019 | 3 min read
2018 closed with hubbub surrounding the purported birth of babies whose genomes had been edited using CRISPR. What will 2019 hold for CRISPR’s use in humans?
Rice University Professor Helped Generate CRISPR’d Babies
Ashley P. Taylor | Nov 27, 2018 | 1 min read
The college has opened an investigation into Michael Deem’s involvement.
New Techniques Detail Embryos’ First Hours and Days
Jef Akst | Dec 1, 2017 | 10+ min read
New technologies reveal the dynamic changes in mouse and human embryos during the first week after fertilization.
Infographic: How Embryos Take Control of Their Own Development
Jef Akst | Nov 30, 2017 | 3 min read
The switch from maternal factors involves dynamic reprogramming of the zygotic genome.
Technique Adapted from CRISPR-Cas9 Corrects Mutation in Human Embryos
Catherine Offord | Sep 28, 2017 | 2 min read
Researchers use base-editing to swap out an erroneous nucleotide responsible for a potentially life-threatening blood disorder.
Scientists Doubt Results of CRISPR’d Embryos
Aggie Mika | Aug 31, 2017 | 2 min read
Six scientists question the authors’ conclusions about the DNA repair process that led to the human embryos’ correction of a defective gene.
Details Published on CRISPR-treated Embryos
Kerry Grens | Aug 2, 2017 | 4 min read
Scientists correct a mutation in fertilized eggs that causes a severe cardiac disease.
Scientists Edit Viable Human Embryos in U.S.
Kerry Grens | Jul 27, 2017 | 1 min read
The embryos, whose genes were altered by CRISPR, were not intended for implantation.
Image of the Day: See-Through Embryos
The Scientist | Mar 26, 2017 | 1 min read
Scientists have created a high-resolution, 3-D atlas of human embryonic development during the first trimester of gestation.
TS Picks: September 26, 2016
Tracy Vence | Sep 27, 2016 | 1 min read
World leaders agree to fight superbugs; researchers edit human embryos; peer reviewers’ motivations
Embryo Watch
Jef Akst | May 5, 2016 | 2 min read
A new culture system allows researchers to track the development of human embryos in vitro for nearly two weeks.
Embryo Editing Gets Green Light in U.K.
Bob Grant | Feb 2, 2016 | 2 min read
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London will use CRISPR/Cas9 to modify genes in early human embryos.
Fiddling with Human Genes
Tracy Vence | Nov 30, 2015 | 2 min read
A look at the technologies now helping researchers edit human genes and discussions of the controversy that has ensued.
Tide Shifting on Embryo Gene Editing?
Bob Grant | Sep 11, 2015 | 2 min read
An international bioethics group says that research that involves editing genes in human embryos can be valuable, though it doesn’t approve of making “designer babies.”