An update on human pre- and peri-implantation development: a blueprint for blastoids

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David, Laurent | Bruneau, Alexandre | Fréour, Thomas | Rivron, Nicolas | van de Velde, Hilde

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International audience. Despite over 40 years following the first birth from medically assisted reproduction (MAR) technologies, mechanisms underlying the key developmental events during the first 7 days of human development, such as signaling pathway contribution, are remaining a mystery. An in-depth mechanistic understanding of how the human preimplantation embryo develops would support the optimization of embryo quality assessment methods and culturing conditions, thereby increasing the success rate of MAR. However, the limited availability of human embryos, legitimate ethical concerns, and regulations still present an obstacle toward our advancement of knowledge. Stem cell-based embryonic models, including blastoids than model blastocysts, offer unprecedented opportunities to fill knowledge gaps and complement animal models. Blastoids' predictive power depends on how faithfully they recapitulate the blastocyst. Here, we review the state of the art of human pre- and peri-implantation development and outline the specificities of human embryo research to clarify the framework for blastoid research.

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