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Scientists program stem cells to mimic first days of embryonic development

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39 points by StemCells 9 months ago · 12 comments

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StemCellsOP 9 months ago

Here is the source paper, pretty cool: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(25)0...

47282847 9 months ago

If you find yourself drawn to embryonic development, a great resource is https://www.embryo.nl/

  • amelius 9 months ago

    > Were you also brought up with the myth of that one super sperm that ‘fertilizes’ an egg?

    > Then I have ‘bad news’. The story is completely outdated. A few dozen, sometimes hundreds of sperm cells enter into a biological conversation with an egg. It is about exchanging with each other, in order to eventually merge. Penetration is not the word for what is happening here. Call it a cellular mating dance.

    This is clearly nonsense as IVF works fine.

    • SapporoChris 9 months ago

      Poor argument I think. INV involves tens of thousand of sperm. However, I'm saying I agree with the grandparent.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation#Co-incu... The sperm and the egg are incubated together at a ratio of about 75,000:1 in a culture media in order for the actual fertilization to take place.

      • amelius 9 months ago

        > In certain situations, such as low sperm count or motility, a single sperm may be injected directly into the egg using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

    • rendx 9 months ago

      So, what you're saying is the equivalent of "plants don't grow in nature, they grow in greenhouses"? I don't see how what you're stating contradicts the author.

    • cycling 9 months ago

      How much is the efficiency or success rate of ivf embryos?

gnabgib 9 months ago

Why the title edit? (Should be: Scientists program stem cells to mimic first days of embryonic development)

cycling 9 months ago

Do these synthetic embryos become an animal?

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