Close-up of Human Eggs During Development Stages (IMAGE)

University of Edinburgh

Close-up of Human Eggs During Development Stages

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Step one: very small, immature human eggs within ovarian tissue are placed in culture in the lab, and begin to develop Step two: after initial development, eggs have grown and are more than double their initial size. The ovarian follicles that contain the eggs are separated before further growth and monitoring Step three: eggs and their surrounding cells are removed from liquid culture to undergo further development in a nutrient-rich membrane

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Prof Evelyn Telfer and Dr Marie McLaughlin, the University of Edinburgh

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