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Joel Kontinen
A new study has found out that genes are active from after fertilization challenges the
textbook view that genes don't become active in human embryos until they are
made up of four-to-eight cells, two or three days after fertilisation.
This is the way Christians have been saying all the
time. This is a signal for abortion, as kids that old are fully human.
The newly discovered activity begins at the one-cellstage -- far sooner than previously thought -- promising to change the way we
think about our developmental origins.
The research, published on the 21 December in Cell
Stem Cell, was co-led by Professor Tony Perry at the University of Bath, Dr
Giles Yeo at the University of Cambridge and Dr Matthew VerMilyea at Ovation
Fertility, US.
”Using a method called RNA-sequencing, the team
applied precision analysis to individual human eggs and one-cell embryos to
make a detailed inventory of tell-tale products of gene activity, called RNA
transcripts. It revealed that hundreds of genes awaken in human one-cell
embryos. Because the gene activity starts small, previous techniques had not
been sensitive enough to detect it.”
The researcher say that looking at biological process as the kinds are only at the one-cell embryo stage is a is a fundamental step.
Source:
University of Bath. 2021. Genes are switched on in the
human embryo from the get-go. Science Daily., 21 December..
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