Organ Synthesiser
A mouse embryo model capable of progressing to organogenesis (development of organs) has been grown in the lab from embryonic stem cells coaxed into 'embryo founder cells' by certain 'small molecules' – previously identified as having reprogramming potential
Read the published research article here
Image from work by Huanhuan Li (李欢欢), Wei Guan (关炜), Jiahui Huang (黄嘉慧) and colleagues
Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou International Bio Island, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Published in Cell, August 2025
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