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Can we hit ‘pause’ on a human embryo?

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Scientists in Berlin have shown you can stop the development of an embryo-like model - *NO HUMAN EMBYROS WERE USED IN THE EXPERIMENT* - and keep it alive to be developed later. The implications could be huge for IVF.
19 Oct 2024 English Germany Science · Technology

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