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"'You have a clump of cells that are transforming into an embryo with a beating heart while you are watching. It's like a huge puzzle and we can see the individual pieces. We see everything."

(Germany)—A team of scientists from Germany have developed a microscope so powerful that it has just allowed them to watch a single cell from a zebra fish turn into an embryo with a beating heart. As published in the journal Science, and reported in The Daily Mail, it is the first time this has been possible in vertebrates and it "may provide insights into how human organs form." 

"This is like being able to watch an animal get a life," said Joachim Wittbrodt, who led the study. "You have a clump of cells that are transforming into an embryo with a beating heart while you are watching. It's like a huge puzzle and we can see the individual pieces. We see everything."

"There are many implications for humans," he added. "This is just the starting point."

Used by Permission www.breakingchristiannews.com Source: Staff - The Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1076228/Powerful-new-microscope-reveals-hours-developing-embryo.html

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