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Francis Crick Institute scientists developed a rudimentary human spine via stem cells in a laboratory. They have created a “trunk-like structure” that is around 1 to 2 millimeters long.

This is particularly important, as a working notochord in human stem cells could help further research into how birth defects affect the spine or spinal cord. The researchers note that it could ...