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Embryoid at start of appearance of SOX17 positive cells (green cells), which depict birth of human germ cell lineage

Egg and sperm race: Scientists create precursors to human egg and sperm

24 Dec 2014

Scientists at the University of Cambridge working with the Weizmann Institute have created primordial germ cells – cells that will go on to become...

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Primordial germ cells

Germ cells: the route to immortality

01 Apr 2009

How do cells become equipped to generate a whole new organism?

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large chromosomes

Rethinking the secrets of life: a code upon a code

04 Jan 2009

Epigenetics is taking the biomedical research world by storm; three Cambridge scientists use examples from their own research to explain why.

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