Human embryo research: how to move towards a 28-day limit

Alejandro De Los Angeles; Nissim Benvenisty; Hongkui Deng; Jacob H. Hanna; Julian Koplin; Tianqing Li; Pentao Liu; Yuin Han Loh; Duanqing Pei; Ryohichi Sugimura; Timothy Theodore Ka Ki Tam; Tan Tao; Alan Trounson; Shao Xu; Leqian Yu; Elias Zambidis; Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz; Robin Lovell-Badge

doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02016-9

Human embryo research: how to move towards a 28-day limit

Alejandro De Los Angeles
, Nissim Benvenisty
, Hongkui Deng
, Jacob H. Hanna
, Julian Koplin
, Tianqing Li
, Pentao Liu
, Yuin Han Loh
, Duanqing Pei
, Ryohichi Sugimura
, Timothy Theodore Ka Ki Tam
, Tan Tao
, Alan Trounson
, Shao Xu
, Leqian Yu
, Elias Zambidis
, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
, Robin Lovell-Badge

School of Medicine

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The decades-old limit on how long human embryos can be grown in culture is under debate. A new road map outlines how to extend the length of culture responsibly.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	31-34
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	643
Issue number	8070
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02016-9
State	Published - Jul 3 2025

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