Yaakov Hana

A mouse fetus grown six days outside the womb. His developing organs were marked with fluorescent genes

Weizmann Institute scientists grew mouse embryos outside the womb

For seven years, through trial and error, fine-tuning and repeated tests, Prof. Hana's laboratory, which specializes in embryonic stem cells, developed a two-step method that allows growing normal mouse embryos outside the womb already
From the right: Assaf Tzviran, Dr. Yaacov Hana, Yoach Reiss, Dr. Noa Noverstern and Shai Gaola. a decisive step

A method for increasing the production efficiency of the stem cells

Dr. Yaakov Hana. Photo: Weizmann Institute

A new method for increasing the production efficiency of stem cells

Doctor Shagiv Shipman (right) and Eyal Ben-David. Photo: The Hebrew University

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Embryonic stem cells that develop into gametes, from which the gene encoding the Utx enzyme has been deleted, are labeled with a bright green fluorescent protein. In each of the columns is marked (in red, purple or orange) a gene essential for the survival and development of the gametes. A comparison of the tenth day of cell development (top row) with day 12 (bottom row) shows that the expression of the four essential genes is stopped. As a result, the stem cells do not develop into sperm or egg cells, but die. Photo: Weizmann Institute

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