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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2023

Technical challenges of studying early human development.

Peter J Rugg-Gunn, Naomi Moris, Patrick P L Tam

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
23.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter J Rugg-GunnEpigenetics Programme, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9601-5949
Naomi MorisThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1910-5454
Patrick P L TamEmbryology Research Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6950-8388
Babraham Institute · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GBThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/T011769/1Medical Research Council MR/V005367/2Medical Research Council MR/V02969X/1Wellcome Trust CC2186
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent years have seen exciting progress across human embryo research, including new methods for culturing embryos, transcriptional profiling of embryogenesis and gastrulation, mapping lineage trajectories, and experimenting on stem cell-based embryo models. These advances are beginning to define the dynamical principles of development across stages, tissues and organs, enabling a better understanding of human development before birth in health and disease, and potentially leading to improved treatments for infertility and developmental disorders. However, there are still significant roadblocks en route to this goal. Here, we highlight technical challenges to studying early human development and propose ways and means to overcome some of these constraints.

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Embryonic DevelopmentGastrulationEmbryo, MammalianHumansStem CellsEmbryoFidelityIn vitro developmentReproducibilityStem cell models

Identifiers

PMID37260362
PMCPMC10281548
OpenAlexW4378952590

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