Toward the goal of generating high-quality embryo models in vitro, this study establishes a stepwise protocol to derive trophectoderm-like cells from mouse extended pluripotent stem (EPS) cells. These ...

The study, "Selective utilization of glucose metabolism guides mammalian gastrulation," published in Nature, identifies two distinct waves of glucose utilization during mouse gastrulation. The first ...

In a recent study published in the Cell journal, researchers showed that post-gastrulation synthetic embryos (sEmbryos) could be synthesized outside the uterus using mouse naïve embryonic stem cells ...

Time-lapse footage reveals cardiac cells in a mouse embryo begin to organise themselves during early development The moment a heart begins to form has been captured in extraordinary time-lapse images ...