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Weekly reads: AL embryos ruling, blasting cancer, marrow organoids, beef inside rice plants

Are small clusters of cells that make up 5-day-old human embryos equivalent to children? Biologically and in terms of just common sense, the answer is "no." These tiny spheres have around 100 cells and no organs. Actual people have many trillions of cells, brains, and other organs. Alabama law on embryos may block IVF About the only thing these microscopic …
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The zoo that is stem cells on Reddit

crazy carnival, stem cells on Reddit
Can you learn important things about stem cells on Reddit? Yes, you can, but it's a wild experience at times. Researchers may often think about stem cells through the lens of traditional routes of communication like academic journals, but laypeople turn elsewhere to learn about regenerative medicine. This includes digging into stem cells on Reddit. What's the stem cell arena …