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Human Embryo Models Made from Pluripotent Stem Cells Are Not Synthetic; They Aren't Embryos, Either

Overview
Journal Cell Stem Cell
Publisher Cell Press
Specialty Cell Biology
Date 2023 Oct 6
PMID 37802034
Authors
Hannah L Landecker
Amander T Clark
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Abstract

Embryo models are potentially highly impactful for human health research because their development recapitulates otherwise inaccessible events in a poorly understood area of biology, the first few weeks of human life. Casual reference to these models as "synthetic embryos" is misleading and should be approached with care and deliberation.

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