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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maroosha Muzaffar

Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts grown using only skin cells

Cell Press Journal

Researchers in Israel have grown a synthetic mouse embryo with a beating heart and brain – without using sperm or an egg, and outside the womb.

The embryo was grown in an artificial womb for eight days using stem cells taken from skin and cultured in a petri dish.

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