Q&A: Stem cell biologist predicts human embryo models could pave the way to organ transplants
Stem cell biologist Jacob Hanna, a member of the 2024 #STATUSList, predicts human embryo models could pave the way to organ transplants.
A lot happens in the first month of human embryo development as a single cell morphs into multitudes. Yet despite its significance, this period is basically a “black box” to researchers, says stem cell biologist Jacob Hanna.
He and his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have taken steps toward probing that puzzle. Last year, they announced they had grown a synthetic human embryo, equivalent to a 14-day-old human embryo, in the lab without the aid of a human sperm or egg cell.
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