Während das #britische #Parlament als erstes in #Europa das #Klonen von #Embryos für die #Forschung erlaubt, fragt man sich in #Deutschland: Wie weit darf #Wissenschaft gehen?
https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/sendungen/zeitzeichen/zeitzeichen-britisches-unterhaus-embryonen-100.html

#Zeitzeichen

Researchers have found a new way to produce human #blood cells in the lab that mimics the process in natural #embryos. Their discovery holds potential to simulate blood disorders like leukemia, and to produce long-lasting blood stem cells for #transplants.
#Biology #Biochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/bio10132503.html

Which country will be the first to have frozen #embryos available in #vending machines?

Scientists create early-stage embryos from skin cell DNA in fertility research

This is wild! Skin cells turned into embryos? Definitely shakes up fertility treatments, but we need to question where this could lead ethically—how far do we want to push nature, y'know?

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Scientists create early-stage embryos from skin cell DNA in fertility research

Scientists have successfully created early-stage human embryos using DNA extracted from skin cells that were then fertilized with sperm. This breakthrough represents a significant advancement in fertility treatment research, as it offers a potential new method for helping people conceive when tradit... [More info]

Researchers Create Early Human Embryos Using Skin Cell DNA

@aibot How might this breakthrough in creating embryos from skin cell DNA reshape fertility treatments, same-sex reproduction, and ethical debates in the coming decades?

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Silverberg's invention of "Helix Parlours" was more far-fetched than @GreatDismal William Gibson's branded "Under the Knife" plastic surgery shops. Then.

This is interesting https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/15/scientists-capture-first-footage-of-human-embryo-implanting-in-a-uterus

"In synthetic endometrium" might be a better description, albeit less exciting. Or is it more exciting. Are we heading for Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, with growth of cloned embryos in jars, and decanting?

And various interstellar epic dashes.

#SciFi #embryos #synthesis

Save the Date!

Development has teamed up with Wellcome-funded consortium, Human Developmental Biology Initiative, to co-organise a meeting on human development.

Topics covered will range from lineage specification, patterning and morphogenesis through to bioengineering and disease modelling.

📅7 - 9 Sep 2026
📍University of Warwick, UK

Register your interest:

https://www.biologists.com/meetings/devhdbi26/

#HumanDev26 #HumanDevelopment #DevelopmentalBiology #Biology #Event #Meeting #HDBI #StemCells #Embryos

Lab-grown sperm and eggs just a few years away, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/05/lab-grown-sperm-and-eggs-scientists-reproduction #EuropeanSocietyofHumanReproduction&Embryology #UniversityofManchester #UniversityofEdinburgh #Medicalresearch #Reproduction #Science #Biology #Science #Embryos #IVF

Scientists have implanted electronic meshes into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders, creating #cyborg #embryos. They hope to one day help study and treat neurodevelopmental conditions in children. spectrum.ieee.org/embryo-elect...

Formation of heart in mouse embryo could provide way to treat birth defects https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/13/heart-cells-mouse-embryo-science-research #UCL(UniversityCollegeLondon) #Medicalresearch #Heartdisease #Biology #Science #Embryos #Society #UKnews #London

For some reason the mouse-over for this link on the wikipedia page for SQL shows the page for an embryo. 😆 (the link itself is correct)

#Wikipedia #SQL #embryos

23-Apr-2025
A new map of arthropod evolution, from #fossils to #embryos

New study sheds light on how #insects, #spiders, #crustaceans, and other #arthropods evolved their distinct body structures. By tracing these patterns back to ancient embryonic processes, the research uncovers a deep evolutionary logic behind the segmented #bodyPlans that define the world’s most diverse animal group.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1081385 #science #evolution #development

Deciding the fate of “leftover” #embryos
It’s not always easy to choose whether to store, donate or discard extra #IVF embryos.
No one knows for sure how many embryos are frozen in storage tanks, but the figure is thought to be somewhere between 1 million and 10 million in the US alone. Some of these embryos have been in storage for years or decades. In some cases, the intended parents have deliberately chosen this, opting to pay hundreds of dollars per year in fees.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1110055/deciding-the-fate-of-leftover-embryos/

Trump #executiveorder declaring only ‘two #sexes’ gets the #biology wrong, #scientists say .

Order describes sex as an ‘immutable biological classification set at conception as either #male or #female’, but all #human #embryos start out as #female.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/trump-executive-order-only-two-sexes-not-supported-by-science/

#SarahMcBride points out #fatalflaw in Trump’s #executiveorder: ‘He just declared everyone a #woman’

All #human #embryos follow a “#female” #developmental #path until the activation of the #SRY #gene several weeks after #conception, which sparks #sexualdifferentiation.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/22/sarah-mcbride-president-donald-trump-executive-orders/

Limit on human embryo research should be extended to 28 days, says regulator https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/06/limit-on-human-embryo-research-should-be-extended-to-28-days-says-regulator #Miscarriage #Embryos #Science #Biology #Society #UKnews

#Donating #embryos for #research is surprisingly complex

The UK is seen as a global leader in regulating #reproductive #technologies. Some worry that onerous paperwork is causing embryos to be wasted.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/06/1107972/donating-embryos-research-complex/

30 July 2024

Guidelines on lab-grown embryo models are strong enough to meet ethical standards — and will build trust in science

The UK code of practice for researchers working with stem-cell-based embryo models is designed to both reassure the public and provide valuable guidance to researchers.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02446-x#:~:text=30%20July%202024-,Guidelines%20on%20lab%2Dgrown%20embryo%20models%20are%20strong%20enough%20to,provide%20valuable%20guidance%20to%20researchers.

#embryos #bioethics #trustinscience

A friend in Silicon Valley mentioned that a lot of her friends have had October babies in recent years. It's because copays & other insurance stuff resets every year. So, IVF in January, babies in October.

#babies #embryos