{"id":18403,"date":"2015-12-16T09:06:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T09:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/research\/first-three-days-of-mouse-embryo-development-observed-through-a-new-light-miscroscope\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T10:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:05:40","slug":"first-three-days-of-mouse-embryo-development-observed-through-a-new-light-miscroscope","status":"publish","type":"research","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/first-three-days-of-mouse-embryo-development-observed-through-a-new-light-miscroscope","title":{"rendered":"First three days of mouse embryo development observed through a new light miscroscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany have developed a new light sheet microscope using which they have been able to view the earliest stages of cell division. Jan Ellenberg, who led the team, explained that the microscope enabled them to view how the first cell in a mouse embryo divided and developed into multiple cells to the stage where it is developed enough to get attached to the mother\u2019s uterus. Using the microscope, they could track each cell\u2019s family tree at it divided, at any given point. It was observed that at the stage when the embryo is a sphere made up of 8 cells, the next cell division is the most significant as it is the only one that is not random. One of the daughter cells forms towards the inside of the embryo and the cells on the inside follow this development and continue developing inside into an embryo. On the other hand, the other daughter cell that forms towards the outside directs cell division on the outside and they become part of the placenta. Ellenberg says that these developments, which are a part of the first three days of an embryo\u2019s life, have been documented for the first time, and could help fertility experts in improving their treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Read more in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/12\/151215094346.htm\">Science Daily<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-3361479\/When-life-begins-three-days-mouse-embryo-captured-time.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33313,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"new_tags":[],"series":[],"subject":[2976,2974,2975],"class_list":["post-18403","research","type-research","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","subject-and-molecular-biology","subject-biochemistry","subject-genetics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First three days of mouse embryo development observed through a new light miscroscope | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany have developed a new light sheet microscope using which they have been able to view the earliest stages of cell division. 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