Re: Extracted Stem Cells...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:10:39 +0930, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M) wrote:

>Hello all, 
>I was wondering.  For embryonic stem cell research, when exactly do the
>embryonic stem cells get extracted from the embryo?  ie: How many days
>after conception can they be extracted, (at the earliest but most
>practicable stage)?  
>
>Thanks.  
>
>PS: If there's a more appropriate newsgroup to ask this sort of
>question, what is it?  m.  

The free blastocyst is a few days old, with perhaps a thousand cells
total.  See Carnegie stage 3:
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/hdac/stage_3.htm