A "synthetic" embryo with a brain and beating heart has been created ... the development of synthetic organs for patients awaiting transplants. Zernicka-Goetz added: "There are so many people ...

"Our mouse embryo model not only develops a brain, but also a beating ... also be used to guide development of synthetic organs for patients awaiting transplants. "There are so many people around ...

Cell transplants are currently tested for neurological and other ... create the specific stem cell microenvironment around the transplanted fetal cells in the brain — enabling efficient cell ...

In the absence of this gene, the synthetic embryos show exactly the known defects in brain development as in ... the world who wait for years for organ transplants,” said Zernicka-Goetz.

After eight days — around a third of the 20-day mouse gestation period — there were early signs of a brain and a ... grow a synthetic embryo then "transplant them back into the patient ...

The brain is the last human organ whose parts cannot be replaced synthetically: As philosopher Daniel Dennett writes, brain transplants ... muscle with far simpler, synthetic parts.

“Our mouse embryo model not only develops a brain, but also a beating ... also be used to guide development of synthetic organs for patients awaiting transplants. “There are so many people ...

“Our embryo model displays head-folds with defined forebrain ... they could feasibly be used to guide development of synthetic organs as human transplants. “There are so many people around ...