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An international collaboration of researchers from the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan and the Gladstone Institutes in the USA have generated 3D blastocyst-like structures from stem cells. Published in the journal Stem Cell Reports, the study shows that the blastocyst-like structures very closely resemble actual blastocysts, and even induce proper changes in the uterus after being implanted in pseudo-pregnant mice.

The world of 3D printing heralds some intriguing changes that will help us improve our daily lives. Kyoto University researchers successfully succeeded in 3D bioprinting tubular conduits capable of regenerating damaged nerve cells. Although this concept has only been tested on rats so far, preliminary results indicate these 3D bioprinted tubs will also work on humans.