Embryonic development & stem cells bits & pieces, not really in your textbook
Once upon a time… Engraving by Hartsoecker, 1694
But, of course, it takes two gametes for fertilization What is an embryo?
Two major phases of embryonic development Cleavage Gastrulation
Cleavage phase
blastocyst
Gastrulation phase
After gastrulation Also called organogenesis
Mitosis & apoptosis
Cell differentiation
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells
Stem cell differentiation
Two types of stem cells Embryonic Adult
Stem cells & research Embryonic Adult
There are technical hurdles… For stem cell therapies to be successful, stem cells need to...
There are ethical hurdles… The harvesting of embryonic stem cells destroys the embryo And/but...