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Bioengineering study finds two-cell mouse embryos already 'talking' about their future
2014-11-27 02:00:18| Biotech - Topix.net
Bioengineers have discovered that mouse embryos are contemplating their cellular fates in the earliest stages after fertilization when the embryo has only two to four cells, a discovery that could upend the scientific consensus about when embryonic cells begin differentiating into cell types. Their research used single-cell RNA sequencing to look at every gene in the mouse genome.
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Category:Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals