What if dying patients waiting for an organ transplant could receive a custom, lab-grown replacement rather than waiting for a donor organ? To some, this may sound like science fiction -- and in many ...
Postdoctoral student Edward Chang works with an ’EMB’ (explanted microvascular bed), or hybrid organ in a bio-reactor in the Hagey Laboratory at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. MCT photo ...
Mini-stomach models that produce acid have been grown from human gastric cells, helping researchers study rare digestive diseases and test precise treatments.
Scientists have successfully 3D printed a heart using real human cells. The structure includes chambers, blood vessels, and muscle tissue. While still experimental, it marks a major step toward ...
Researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have developed the first-ever lab-grown mini-stomach that contains ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of Cambridge, ...
Relying less on animal testing for new drugs and more on lab-made “organoids” designed to mimic the functions of human organs sounds like the stuff of science fiction but could lead to medical ...
A man who developed cancer in his windpipe has gotten a new trachea, grown entirely from his own stem cells over two days in a laboratory in Sweden. The operation is remarkable because it's the first ...