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Human embryo at the 4 cell stage

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Embryo cells decide their future only two days after conception

The identical-looking cells of a four-cell embryo have already started deciding their fates, a discovery that could improve IVF and stem cell therapies

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A haploid cell with 23 chromosomes (left), and a diploid cell with 46 chromosomes (right).

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Human stem cell with half a genome could help infertile couples

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A premature baby

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Urine from premature babies could repair damaged kidneys

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First fully approved 'off the shelf' stem cells launch in Japan

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Two dogs with their heads looking out of the tops of a row of cubicles. They are both clones of the same black-and-tan German Shepherd dog, and their only difference is that the left ear of one of them points upwards

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Inside the cloning factory that creates 500 new animals a day

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World's first trial of stem cell therapy in the womb

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World's first trial of stem cell therapy in the womb

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Rebooted pancreas cells could ease type 1 diabetes

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Patent for first method to create human sperm, but does it work?

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Patent for first method to create human sperm, but does it work?

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Donated liposuction stem cells could heal difficult wounds

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New Scientists reject claims of lab-grown mini human brain

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¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵs reject claims of lab-grown mini human brain

It made headlines, but a claim to have cultured a nearly fully formed brain is "entirely unjustified", say neuroscientists contacted by ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ

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Mutation alert halts stem-cell trial to cure blindness

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Tiny beating human heart made from scratch

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What is artificial blood and why is the UK going to trial it?

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