How Tiny Fat Droplets Help an Embryo and Mother “Talk” (IMAGE)

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How Tiny Fat Droplets Help an Embryo and Mother “Talk”

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(A) Messages released by the embryo influence how fat droplets move and function in cells lining the uterus. Courtesy: Alisa Komsky-Elbaz and Eshel Dilevsky; (B) Fat droplets from uterine cells are absorbed by embryo-like cells. Courtesy: Alisa Komsky-Elbaz, Javier Arturo  Sanchez-Lopez, Eshel Dilevsky, Einat Zelinger, Daniel Waiger.
Red color: LipidSpot
Blue color – DNA
Green color - embryo like spheroid

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Alisa Komsky-Elbaz, Javier Arturo  Sanchez-Lopez, Eshel Dilevsky, Einat Zelinger, Daniel Waiger

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