It is very difficult to film these stages of embryonic development as they occur ... and mature into its future shape as the brain and spinal cord. 'We saw how the cells reached across the open ...

Why Trust Us? Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the formation of the spine and nervous system. Previous ...

This development offers a new window into the early stages of ... for the developing embryo, helping to establish the body’s main axis and guiding the formation of the spine and nervous system.” ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” ...

The cells on the inside layer of this very early embryo can make all of the cell ... in the pancreas), or enable people paralysed by spinal injuries to walk again by re-growing spinal nerves.

Francis Crick Institute's researchers have now focused on embryonic stem cells to treat spinal and nervous system formation at its core, alongside other cultivations that can significantly help ...

Francis Crick Institute scientists developed a rudimentary human spine via stem cells in a laboratory ... not an actual embryo. Still, this minuscule structure contained all the bone stem cells ...