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New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions

21-Mar-2017

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Synthetic embryos could be assembled from stem cells that can organize themselves into embryolike structures.

Known as “synthetic human entities with embryolike features” — Sheefs, for short.

Soon we will learn how to engineer stem cells into new kinds of tissues and organs – and maybe eventually an entire human being.

The study was published in the eLife Sciences journal.

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eLife Sciences

Non-profit journal publishing work in all areas of biology and medicine

Harvard Medical School

Graduate medical school of Harvard University

John Aach

Lecturer at Harvard Medical School.

University of Cambridge

Collegiate research university in Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Stem Cells