“Should human embryo-like structures be considered human embryos? If not, do they resemble human embryos so closely that they should still be due some moral and legal protection?

Congratulations to Margot Rikkers on the publication of the paper “Importance of Timing of Platelet Lysate-Supplementation in Expanding or Redifferentiating Human Chondrocytes for Chondrogenesis” in the Preclinical Cell and Gene therapy section of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology magazine.

Thomas Geuens, Vanessa LaPointe and Clemens van Blitterswijk from MERLN Institute of Maastricht University have published the paper “Overcoming kidney organoid challenges for regenerative medicine” discussing the recent advances and remaining challenges for kidney organoids to become successful in regenerative medicine.