̽»¨Ö±²¥Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement
13 December 2023Meet the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.
Human embryo-like models created from stem cells to understand earliest stages of human development
27 June 2023Cambridge scientists have created a stem cell-derived model of the human embryo in the lab by reprogramming human stem cells. ̽»¨Ö±²¥breakthrough could help research into genetic disorders and in understanding why and how pregnancies fail.
"Reproduction matters to us all": latest issue of Horizons magazine
20 November 2020Professor Kathy Niakan talks about why it’s vital to take a multidisciplined approach to understanding the urgent challenges posed by reproduction today – and introduces our Spotlight on some of this work, highlighted in the latest issue of Cambridge's Horizons magazine.
Study suggests embryos could be susceptible to coronavirus as early as second week of pregnancy
05 August 2020Genes that are thought to play a role in how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects our cells have been found to be active in embryos as early as during the second week of pregnancy, say scientists at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Scientists develop mouse ‘embryo-like structures’ with organisation along body’s major axes
03 October 2018A team of scientists at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has developed an artificial mouse embryo-like structure capable of forming the three major axes of the body. ̽»¨Ö±²¥technique, reported today in the journal Nature, could reduce the use of mammalian embryos in research.
Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells
23 July 2018̽»¨Ö±²¥creation of artificial embryos has moved a step forward after an international team of researchers used mouse stem cells to produce artificial embryo-like structures capable of ‘gastrulation’, a key step in the life of any embryo.
Genome editing reveals role of gene important for human embryo development
20 September 2017Researchers have used genome editing technology to reveal the role of a key gene in human embryos in the first few days of development. This is the first time that genome editing has been used to study gene function in human embryos, which could help scientists to better understand the biology of our early development.
Human reproduction likely to be more efficient than previously thought
13 June 2017How difficult is it to conceive? According to a widely-held view, fewer than one in three embryos make it to term, but a new study from a researcher at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge suggests that human embryos are not as susceptible to dying in the first weeks after fertilisation as often claimed.
Scientists create artificial mouse ‘embryo’ from stem cells for first time
02 March 2017Scientists at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have managed to create a structure resembling a mouse embryo in culture, using two types of stem cells – the body’s ‘master cells’ – and a 3D scaffold on which they can grow.
Cambridge study named as People’s Choice for Science magazine’s ‘Breakthrough of the Year 2016’
22 December 2016Cambridge research that will enable scientists to grow and study embryos in the lab for almost two weeks has been named as the People’s Choice for Science magazine’s ‘Breakthrough of the Year 2016’
