Why do these lab-grown mini-brains emit brain waves?
It's a bit unusual, to say the least -- but could be quite useful.
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Heart-repairing patches poised for human trials, researchers report
But can they fix a broken heart?
5 Technologies Scientists Are Currently Pursuing to Improve Healthspan
Science may one day open the way to the 'Fountain of Youth'.
Doctors restore patient’s sight with stem cells, offering new hope for cure to blindness
Researchers safely and effectively implanted a specially engineered patch of retinal pigment epithelium cells derived from stem cells to treat people ...
Scientists make transparent bones to study diseases like osteoporosis
The innovative method could help millions of people who suffer from osteoporosis.
Mouse eggs engineered entirely in the lab for the first time — later lead to healthy adults
Everyone says this is a massive breakthrough in biology.
Scientists use embryonic stem cells to create bone, heart muscle in just 5 days
Healing wounds might become a whole lot easier.
Eye tissue grown from scratch in the lab used to restore sight to blind rabbits
Japanese researchers found a novel way to grow corneas in a dish starting from skin cells. The corneas were implanted ...
Better, simple way to regrow damaged corneas shines hope for blind patients
A restored, functioning cornea found in a mouse, that used human harvested limbal stem cells. Image: ...
Mice with multiple sclerosis walk and run again after human stem cell treatment
In a feat that surprised even the scientists who made the experiment, mice disabled by a condition similar to multiple sclerosis ...
Blood from world’s oldest woman tells us why life reaches its limits
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, aged 115. Photo: wikia.com No matter how much some would like to avoid ...
Most advanced lab-grown muscle can self-heal, mouse implant shows
Strands of engineered muscle fiber, stained different colors to observe growth after implantation into a mouse. ...
Chimeric organ harvesting: growing human organs inside pigs
Photo: freefoto.com Sure to raise a slew of controversy and debate, researchers in Japan are currently ...
First functioning lung and airway cells grown from human stem cells
Biotechnology is growing fast and the findings researchers are making the field are nothing short of breathtaking. Previously, ZME Science ...
Kidney 3-d structures from human stem cells made for the first time
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have for the first time coaxed human stem cells into forming three-dimensional cellular ...
Scientists grow brain-like tissue in petri dish
Most medical research looking to identify the mechanisms of a disease or test treatments rely on animal models. While very ...
Scientists engineer heart in the lab that beats on its own
Regenerative medicine has come a long way, and while important strides forward have been made, scientists are still toiling with ...
First artificial ‘meat’ burger, cultured in a petri dish, tasted by panel of experts
A few years ago ZME Science reported how a group of researchers at University of Maastricht in Holland were on a mission ...
Researchers grow teeth-like structure using stem cells from urine
A new study performed by scientists in China has further elevated stem cell research after they successfully grew teeth-like structures ...
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