'Mini organs' are grown from human stem cells taken during the late stages of pregnancy for the first time - marking a 'huge step forward' for prenatal medicine
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Researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital extracted stem cells that had passed into the amniotic fluid, which surrounds the child in the womb and protects it during pregnancy.
'Mini organs' are grown from human stem cells taken during the late stages of pregnancy for the first time - marking a 'huge step forward' for prenatal medicine