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  • Starting from the fact that a new complex organism originates from a single totipotent stem cell (the zygote) through development, and tissue specific differentiated cells can arise from single pluripotent stem cells, you will be guided to reflect on the very basic cellular mechanisms underlying such processes. You will read about cell differentiation, specification, determination, fate and commitment ...

    • In this article published on Science (March 2, 2017) researchers describe how, using a combination of genetically-modified mouse ESCs and TSCs, together with a 3D scaffold known as an extracellular matrix, they were able to grow a structure capable of assembling itself and whose development and architecture very closely resembled the natural embryo