Tag: Embryos

Scientists have created embryos. What does that mean? And what comes next?

Professor Jose Polo in front of images of his model embryos.

Every cell in your body comes from a single cell: an egg, fertilised by a sperm. Each contains the exact same genetic blueprint for your life: your DNA. Yet cells in your brain look and behave nothing like those in your muscle or skin.

Scientists have created embryos. What does that mean? And what comes next?