Scientists Just 3D Printed a Transplantable Human Ear
Scientists have developed an innovative 3D bioprinter capable of generating replacement tissue that’s strong enough to…
This Biotech Startup Promises Lab-Grown Pork Within Five Years
The future of lab-grown meat is coming. Or at least it feels that way, based on burgeoning interest in the biotech…
3D Tissue Engineering May One Day Solve Both Impotence And Miscarriage
A study published last week in the journal Biofabrication describes a new technique to build replacements for damaged…
Your Bio-Engineered Penis Is Almost Ready
Using advanced techniques in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, doctors in the U.S. are reporting their…
Medical breakthrough could lead to functional artificial skin
Swiss researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in the development of bioengineered skin. The new grafts, which…
Why is this man growing a nose on his forehead?
Yes, this man actually has a nose growing on his forehead. It's part of a cutting-edge transplant procedure, and…
Lab grown burger will be the most expensive ever served
A 5-oz beef patty assembled from thousands of teeny-tiny meat strips, cultured from the stem cells of a single cow, is…
How to grow a human heart in three (relatively) easy steps
The day is fast approaching when scientists will finally be able to reconstruct a person's heart from a clump of cells…
Researchers grow cyborg tissue that can sense its environment
Scientists at Harvard University have developed a cyborg-like tissue that can facilitate cell growth, while…
Billionaire Peter Thiel invests in the development of 3D printed meat
The prospect of lab-grown meat has intrigued both vegetarians and environmentalists for years. Humans eat about 240…
Scientists engineer a cyborg jellyfish from rat cells and silicone
In this video, released yesterday, you can watch what might be called the world's first cyborg lifeform. Called a…
Researchers turn skin cells into healthy, beating heart tissue
For the first time ever, scientists have genetically transformed skin cells from heart failure patients into healthy,…
The world's first lab-grown hamburger could be created by August of 2012
There's no two ways about it: humans love meat. By 2030, it's estimated that the world's annual meat production will…
If You Can't Get an Organ, an Organoid Might Do
The line waiting for organ donors is 112,381 people long and growing, and 18 people daily die waiting. To help patients…
Functioning anal sphincter grown in a petri dish
There is no denying that growing an anal sphincter in a petri dish is hilarious. There is also no denying that nobody…
Skin Made from Spiderwebs: No Longer Just a Nightmare
A new technique has been developed that uses spider silk to make human skin, suitable for skin grafts. And the world…
"Humanized" mice hybrids could save your life
Mice are the first step in trying out new drugs that may one day help humans. The problem is that these rodents…
A pill that could repair your heart and prevent heart attacks
Scientists have refined tissue repair techniques using stem cells to the point where they believe we might have pills…
Zebrafish reveal all the ingredients needed to regenerate a limb
The cool trick about stem cells is that they're super adaptable, and can become any other sort of cell, right? So why…
Damaged heart? We can rebuild it.
For the first time, scientists have coaxed a damaged heart to regrow healthy tissues on its own. They applied living…