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Scientists Grow Mouse Embryos in a Mechanical Womb

Researchers have grown the first mouse embryos outside a living womb. Published in Nature, the study sheds light on how mammal embryos can develop inside an artificial uterus and how genetic and environmental factors may play a part in its development.

“It is not unreasonable that we might have the capacity to develop a human embryo from fertilization to birth entirely outside the uterus.”

Paul Tesar, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Read the original article in The New York Times.

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Modern Life is Messing with Our Microbiomes, But Science is Fighting Back

Microbiology
The microbiome plays a crucial role in physical and mental health. A person's first few years of life are critical in acquiring the microbes necessary for a robust microbiome. Modern life is making it harder to get this exposure, with the drop in interactions due to the pandemic potentially having long-lasting effects. Scientists are researching solutions to restore this essential biological system.

After the Nobel, What Next for CRISPR Gene-editing Therapies?

CRISPR
CRISPR has transformed the possibilities for curing diseases caused by one or several genetic mutations. Clinical trials for therapies that utilize the genome editing technology are already underway for debilitating conditions such as sickle-cell anaemia, delivering treatments in disease areas where none currently exist.