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Ectogenesis: ethical challenges in creating artificial wombs Appeared in BioNews 1090 Three new reports in Nature illuminate the potential to transform artificial wombs from a laboratory tool into a procedure to grow and maintain a human embryo from fertilisation until birth. Two papers reported the generation of human blastocysts by culturing non-embryonic cells under specific conditions to transform them into blastocyst-like structures, called blastoids. In one study scientists treated stem cells derived from an established stem cell line with specific growth factors to generate the blastoi...

By Susan Gonzalez April 1, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this While 320 York St., now called the Humanities Quadrangle, has been dramatically transformed, much care was given to preserve the historical character of the building, which was built in 1932. (All photos by Dan Renzetti) When he first visited the newly refurbished Humanities Quadrangle at 320 York St. — known until recently as the Hall of Graduate Studies — faculty member Kevin van Bladel’s thoughts returned to his days as a Yale graduate student more t...

Ethics of genetically reconstituting oocytes Appeared in BioNews 1085 In the 16 December issue of Nature, researchers reported that the addition of eight transcription factors to pluripotent stem cells converted them into a primary oocyte-like cell. While these cells did not undergo normal meiosis, and therefore did not have the correct number of gamete chromosomes, they could be fertilised by sperm to initiate partial embryonic development, with some even progressing to an eight-cell morula stage. This achievement enhances our understanding of oocyte maturation and may have useful clinical a...

Revelle College, Director of Humanities Program- Associate Teaching Professor University of California San Diego Revelle College invites applications for an Associate Teaching Professor position to serve as the Director of the Revelle College Humanities Program. Associate Teaching Professors have nine-month (academic-year) appointments and are full members of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of the University of California, San Diego. Revelle College is the oldest of UC San Diego's seven colleges and is named for the founder of this campus, the distinguished scientist Roger Revelle. The Hu...

Revelle College, Director of Humanities Program- Assistant Teaching Professor (LPSOE) University of California San Diego Revelle College invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor position to serve as the Director of the Revelle College Humanities Program (LPSOE). Assistant Teaching Professors have nine-month (academic-year) appointments and are full members of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of the University of California, San Diego. Revelle College is the oldest of UC San Diego's seven colleges and is named for the founder of this campus, the distinguished scientist Roger...