Scientists have created embryos. What does that mean? And what comes next?
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Every cell in your body comes from a single cell: an egg, fertilised by a sperm. Each contains the exact same genetic blueprint for your life: your DNA.
Yet cells in your brain look and behave nothing like those in your muscle or skin.
Professor Jose Polo in front of images of his model embryos.
Credit:Monash University
Why? Because while each cell has the same instructions, each cell only reads certain sections â certain genes. A layer of what are called epigenetic instructions sit on top of your DNA, telling each cell which parts to read and which parts to ignore.
Scientists have created embryos What does that mean? And what comes next?
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Overly cautious : No evidence AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine linked to blood clots
A handful of European nations pause rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine while authorities investigate possible clotting issues. Listen - 03:18
A host of European countries have paused the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine to investigate blood clots in those who had been vaccinated. Getty/Jens Schleuter
Though there is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca increases the risk of blood clots, a handful of European nations announced Monday they will pause their rollout while the European Medicines Agency (EMA) investigates.
The pause in France, Germany, Italy and Spain comes less than a week after Austria and other EU nations stopped administering AstraZeneca vaccinations from a particular batch of 1 million doses.
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