Why researchers should use human embryo models with caution

Scientists should carefully consider whether embryo models based on human stem cells are essential to their work because of the associated practical and ethical challenges.

COMMENT 02 October 2023 Scientists should carefully consider whether embryo models based on human stem cells are essential to their work because of the associated practical and ethical challenges. By Janet Rossant0 & Jianping Fu1 Janet Rossant Janet Rossant is president of the Gairdner Foundation, and senior scientist emeritus at The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Jianping Fu Jianping Fu is a professor in the department of mechanical engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. In the past few months, researchers have made…

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