Human embryo-like model created from human stem cells
11 Jun 2020 New ‘gastruloid’ model, created from human stem cells, holds huge potential to understand causes of birth defects and improve disease modelling.
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Cambridge researchers win European Research Council funding
28 Mar 2019 Five researchers at the University of Cambridge have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding...
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Scientists develop mouse ‘embryo-like structures’ with organisation along body’s major axes
03 Oct 2018 A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed an artificial mouse embryo-like structure capable of forming the three major axes of...
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The body in miniature
20 Mar 2018 The past few years has seen an explosion in the number of studies using organoids – so-called ‘mini organs’. While they can help scientists understand...
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