Embryos cultured for up to 13 days after fertilization open a window into early development.
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06 May 2016
This story wrongly characterized the US 14-day restriction on in vitro growth of human embryos as a law — it is a guideline.The text has been corrected to reflect this.
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Reardon, S. Human embryos grown in lab for longer than ever before. Nature 533, 15–16 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/533015a
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