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Scientists create early stage human embryos from skin cells – ABC News
An international research team led by Melbourne scientists generates the first model of early human embryos from skin cells.
Scientists have created human embryos from skin cells, in what is being hailed as a breakthrough in the study of infertility but has also raised serious ethical questions.
- Monash University scientists reprogrammed skin cells into structures similar to early-stage embryos
- The breakthrough will help research into infertility, miscarriages and congenital diseases
- Researchers say the embryos would not develop past 10 or 11 days in a laboratory
An international team, led by researchers from Monash University…
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