The group of Japanese students successfully conducted chicken hatching experiments without shells

This process is done in a sterile lab environment, so don't try to stay at home but waste an egg.

Break the chicken egg into the cup and watch it grow into chicks at first as if it were a stupid idea. But a video from Japan proved that it could be done, we can see the whole development of the egg from just the yolk and the white, to the time of becoming the chicken. baby


Hatching eggs without shells in Japan.

We will discuss this process later, but first, what is the reason for them to study this issue? Until now, scientists wanted to know the development of chicks in their eggs, not just to learn more about its development, but to study new regenerative medicine techniques, such as genetic engineering.

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The first is to beat the eggs into a glass-coated, sterilized glass cup.

This is very important for the conservation of endangered bird species. Researchers can save the chicks when the eggshell is broken, and can also offer new ways of in vitro fertilization for precious birds, or even raising endangered species. in the eggshell instead.

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Insemination and insertion into the incubator chamber.

This is not the first time Japan has done this test successfully. According to The Journal of Poultry Science, in 2014, two researchers Yutaka Tahara and Katsuya Obara successfully implemented this exotic incubation technique, which they reported in The Journal of Poultry Science that this approach had The probability of success is 60%.

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Eggs start to grow.

The technique you see in the video above is recreated by a group of high school students with the guidance of the instructor. First, the students wrapped a thin plastic plastic film over the sterilized test cup, beating the egg bought from the store.

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After a few days, we will see blood vessels grow and begin to have heartbeat.

After that, it will be artificial insemination and put into incubator. After a few days, we will see blood vessels grow and begin to have a heartbeat. Soon after, other internal organs began to form and grow inside the artificial shell, which was completely protected from bacteria and outside air.

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The chicks were born.

However there are two things you need to keep in mind. First, this process is done in a sterile lab environment, so don't try it at home. Secondly, since this is a TV recording program, it is unlikely that the chicken at the end is actually from an experimental egg.

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The chicken ran around the lab.

Anyway, this is an interesting experiment, allowing us to see the development of an egg. In the future, this could help save dangerous birds from extinction.