Sentences with phrase «serve as an embryo»
Until then, however, «although there is excitement that iPS cells can serve as an embryo - free source of stem cells,» says Lanza, «it would be premature to abandon research using embryonic stem cells until we fully understand what's causing these problems.»
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Dr. Herbert served as 2002 - 3 President of the Society For Humanism in Medicine and spearheaded their CME program «The Human Embryo: Issues Surrounding the Beginnings of Life.»
The trophoblast is the outer layer of cells of the blastocyst which allow the fertilized ovum to attach to the uterus and which serves as a nutritive pathway for the embryo.
Should parents be allowed to pick embryos for specific tissue types so that their new baby can serve as a donor for an ailing sibling?
One study, to be published online September 11 in Nature Communications, found that a much smaller number of genes than previously believed serve as the ignition switch for human embryo development.
The researchers show that if the number of cells aggregated initially is similar to that of a mouse embryo, the cells generate a single axis and this serves as a template for a sequence of events that mimics those of the early embryo.
The researchers believe that the progesterone caused the endometrium to secrete more nutrients, which serve as food for an embryo in its first weeks of development.
She plays a crucial role in regulating the import of live animals, semen and embryos while serving as a trade consultant on both a national and international setting.
In the process, the donor cells are merged with egg cells extracted from other dogs, zapped with an electrical current to spur splitting, then implanted in more dogs who serve as surrogates, carrying the embryos to pregnancy.
The visual novel Xblaze Code: Embryo was released for the PS3 and PS Vita earlier this year (2013 in Japan), and serves as a prequel to the main saga.