«We can now generate extremely
large numbers of these embryos and study them in detail,» lead researcher Dr. Nicolas Rivron told the BBC.
After all, a very
large number of embryos die of natural causes in their first month without our ever knowing about them, much less grieving for them.
This will allow easy preimplantation genetic diagnosis on
a large number of embryos — or easy genome modification for those who want edited embryos instead of just selected ones.»
Not exact matches
By allowing a
large number of ovulation ovum from a small
number of female mice, it makes it easier to perform IVF and
embryo transfers.
Many biological specimens, like the fruit fly
embryo, are so opaque that they scatter
large numbers of photons, filling pictures with static.
Despite the fact that there were a
larger number of individually recognizable lipid containing structures in wild type
embryos (Fig. 6D), the mean area
of these structures in mutants was considerably
larger (Fig. 6C).
But, by focusing on tissue obtained from mouse
embryos, the Salk researchers were able for the first time to identify and isolate a sufficiently
large number of fetal breast stem cells to begin to understand how their GPS works.