Fertility watchdog wants to overhaul UK laws on embryos
The UK’s fertility regulator is seeking to liberalise techniques for manipulating human embryos in assisted reproduction and research. The Guardian describes its plans as “the...
Israeli scientists create ‘synthetic’ mouse embryos
Israeli scientists have created the world’s first “synthetic embryos”. They used mouse stem cells to create embryos, nurtured them in an artificial “womb”, and grew...
When should scientists proceed with heritable genetic engineering?
When should scientists proceed with heritable genetic engineering? Dr He Jiankui, of China, chose the wrong time. In 2018 he announced that he had genetically...
Mouse embryos grown in vitro by Israeli researchers
Another step in “an explosion of new techniques and ideas for studying early development” of human embryos comes from Israel, where researchers have successfully grown...