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Biotech firm wants to grow human embryos for organ harvesting
By Ariel Zilber
August 22, 2022
An Israeli biotech firm says it was able to replicate mouse embryos using stem cells.
An Israeli biotech firm says it was able to replicate mouse embryos using stem cells. Getty Images/Science Photo Libra
A biotech firm wants to create “synthetic” human embryos that would be used to harvest organs in order to facilitate transplants and treat conditions such as infertility, genetic disease, and aging, according to researchers.
The Israel-based company, Renewal Bio, claimed that it successfully used advanced stem cell technology and artificial wombs in order to grow mouse embryos which continued to develop for several days.
The embryos remained alive until they developed beating hearts, blood flow, and the beginnings of a brain, according to MIT Technology Review….