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Close up of 3D printed cartilage cell block
Science

New bioprinter 3D prints human tissue 10x faster

By Andrew Paul

Human tissue sample created in 3D bioprinter
Science

Bioprinting breakthrough uses acoustic waves to create lab-grown human tissue

By Andrew Paul

a fruit fly intestine. it is a long and narrow coiled tube with green coloration from dye
Animals

Swapping genes can help fruit flies regenerate cells

By Laura Baisas

Close up of human brain neuron
AI

Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot

By Andrew Paul

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs
Science

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

By Bill Gourgey

Illustration of 3D printed brain tissue culture with 25nm scale
Science

Scientists have 3D bioprinted functioning human brain tissue

By Andrew Paul

Stem cells found in menstrual blood could unlock new therapies and diagnostic tests.
Health

The untapped potential of stem cells in menstrual blood

By Sneha Khedkar / Knowable Magazine

Brainoware biocomputing study illustration
Technology

A ‘brain organoid’ biochip displayed serious voice recognition and math skills

By Andrew Paul

Fluorescent dye shows the growth of teeth and bones.
Science

Glowing dye lets us peek inside growing bones and teeth

By Rahul Rao

EVO ICL lens implanted in the diagram of an eye with yellow, pink, and blue Best of What's New 2022 Health design on right
Technology

The most powerful health innovations of 2022

By Kate Baggaley, Purbita Saha

Blood donor's arm with donation in progress
Health

Scientists safely injected two patients with lab-grown blood

By Andrew Paul

a white lab rat held in a gloved hand
Science

These sterile mice have been modified to make rat sperm

By Miyo McGinn

A 66-year-old patient is likely the fifth person virtually cured of HIV.
Health

Rare transplant cells have cured another HIV patient

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

HIV infected cell
Health

The first woman has been cured of HIV using donor stem cells

By Hannah Seo

An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab
DIY

An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

Two parents holding a newborn
Health

People are stockpiling umbilical cord blood without really knowing what it does

By Mikkael A. Sekeres/MIT Press Reader

Viagra might help make stem cell transplants easier
Health

Viagra might help make stem cell transplants easier

By Nicole Wetsman

Scientists can now swap out bad spinal discs with lab-grown alternatives—at least in goats
Health

Scientists can now swap out bad spinal discs with lab-grown alternatives—at least in goats

By Kat Eschner

Adult mouse with two mothers
Health

Scientists just created healthy mice with same-sex parents

By Kat Eschner

Gene therapy just saved a young boy’s life—by giving him new skin
Health

Gene therapy just saved a young boy’s life—by giving him new skin

By Claire Maldarelli