Technical challenges of studying early human development
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Recent years have seen exciting progress across human embryo research, including new methods for culturing embryos, transcriptional profiling of embryogenesis and gastrulation, mapping lineage trajectories, and experimenting on stem cell-based embryo models. These advances are beginning to define the dynamical principles of development across stages, tissues and organs, enabling a better understanding of human development before birth in health and disease, and potentially leading to improved treatments for infertility and developmental disorders. However, there are still significant roadblocks en route to this goal. Here, we highlight technical challenges to studying early human development and propose ways and means to overcome some of these constraints.
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Journal Development
Volume 150
Issue number 11
Pages dev201797
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Publisher website (DOI) 10.1242/dev.201797
Europe PubMed Central 37260362
Pubmed 37260362
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