It’s one of life’s most defining moments—that crucial step in embryonic development, when an indistinct ball of cells rearranges itself into the orderly three-layered structure that sets the stage for ...
Gastrulation, the process where an embryo reorganizes itself from a hollow sphere into a multilayered structure, is considered a 'black box' of human development. This is because human embryos are ...
As a human embryo grows, a set of molecules directs cells as they multiply and take on specific identities and spatial positions within the embryo. In one crucial step known as gastrulation, these ...
Roger Sturmey receives research funding from UKRI, NC3Rs, Tommys, ESHRE, and British Heart Foundation. He serves as Chair of the Guideline Working Group for the "Governing Stem Cell-Based Embryo ...