The Download: Mimicking Pregnancy’s First Moments in a Lab, and AI Parameters Explained

The Download: mimicking pregnancy’s first moments in a lab, and AI parameters explained

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses into the lining of the uterus then grips tight, burrowing in as the first tendrils of a future placenta appear. This is implantation—the moment that pregnanc…

Formation of an Endometrial Epithelial Monolayer in a Microfluidic Device with Human Tissue-Derived Endometrial Organoids

Scientists built a microfluidic model of the human endometrial epithelium using patient-derived organoids and defined a parameterized device and ECM conditions that yield a stable, polarized monolayer on chip. [Lab on a Chip] AbstractGraphical Abstract