Scientists create early stage human embryos from skin cells – ABC News

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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