22 Oct 2016

Making babies (in the lab)

From This Way Up, 12:55 pm on 22 October 2016
An embryo

An embryo Photo: VEM / BSIP

Naked Science news with Dr Chris Smith. This week Japanese researchers produce eggs capable of being fertilised and able to produce healthy baby mice in a culture dish using stem cells for the very first time. Also patients with knee injuries get treated using cartilage grown from their own noses.

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