Synthetic mouse embryo develops beating heart

Synthetic mouse embryo develops beating heart Scientists in Cambridge have created synthetic mouse embryos in a lab, without using eggs or sperm, which show evidence of a brain and beating heart.

The mouse embryos, developed using stem cells, only lasted for eight days.

But the research team say it could improve understanding of the earliest stages of organ development - and why some pregnancies fail. BBC News

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• Synthetic embryos complete gastrulation to neurulation and organogenesis (open access) Nature