The treasure inside human naive pluripotency, generation of trophectoderm and blastoids.

De Santis, Riccardo; Brivanlou, Ali H · Cell Stem Cell · 2021

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Recent advances in human naive pluripotent stem cell culture have demonstrated their ability to generate trophectoderm and descendant trophoblast cell types. Moreover, the same cells when cultured in three-dimensional configurations self-organize to generate blastocyst-like structures called blastoids. These discoveries represent a major step forward in modeling early human embryonic development.

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