Embryo Breakthrough
How IVF research led to stem cell breakthrough
Two words are causing enormous excitement in the medical world today – stem cells. In Singapore researchers are at the cutting edge – getting closer to the possibility that we might one day be able to grow body parts on demand.
Singaporean women are delaying starting a family in favour of career progression. Now, the development of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has made it easier to have a baby later in life, and demand is booming. The team were the first to isolate embryonic stem cells, and then came the realisation of the possibility of growing organs on demand.
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