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Scientists Grow Synthetic Embryo With Brain and Beating Heart Without Eggs or Sperm

Our mouse embryo model not only develops a brain, but also a beating heart, all the components that go on to make up the body, said Zernicka-Goetz, Professor in Mammalian Development and Stem Cell Biology in Cambridge s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. It s just unbelievable that we ve got this far. This has been the dream of our community for years, and major focus of our work for a decade and finally we ve done it.

via scitechdaily.com

Well this might be good I hope.