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Comment
. 2021 Jun 16;6(1):239.
doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00663-8.

Blastoids: a new model for human blastocyst development

Heiner Niemann  1 , Bob Seamark  2
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Blastoids: a new model for human blastocyst development

Heiner Niemann et al. Signal Transduct Target Ther. .
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The authors have no competing interest.

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Schematic procedure for the human blastoid generation from human PSCs
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