An Australian-led team of scientists has reprogrammed skin cells to create a human embryo model in a discovery billed to fast-track research on early miscarriages and IVF.
The team, led by researchers at Melbourne s Monash University, reprogrammed skin cells into a 3D cellular structure similar to human blastocysts.
The structure, known as iBlastoids, can be used to model the biology of early human embryos in lab settings.
Previously, studies of early human development and infertility were restricted by having to source scarcely available blastocysts obtained from IVF procedures.
The team, led by researchers at Melbourne s Monash University, reprogrammed skin cells into a 3D cellular structure similar to human blastocysts
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