Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issues
Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm.
Scientists say these model embryos – which resemble those in the earliest stages of human development – could provide a crucial window on the impact of genetic disorders and the biological causes of recurrent miscarriage.
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