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A thin section of a maize ear at a very early stage of development (about 3 millimeters long). Each color represents the expression of a different gene in stem cells and associated cells.

Want better corn? Color its stem cells.

A highly detailed visualization of a glowing blue neuron with electric impulses traveling through its synapses. This futuristic and scientific representation illustrates brain activity, artificial intelligence, and the complexity of neural networks in both biology and technology

Biomedical engineers grow whole-brain organoid

Close up of woman's mouth during dental exam

Lab-grown teeth could be the future of dentistry

Close up of 3D printed cartilage cell block

New bioprinter 3D prints human tissue 10x faster

Human tissue sample created in 3D bioprinter

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

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

Swapping genes can help fruit flies regenerate cells

By Laura Baisas

Close up of human brain neuron

Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

By Bill Gourgey

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

Scientists have 3D bioprinted functioning human brain tissue

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

The untapped potential of stem cells in menstrual blood

By Sneha Khedkar / Knowable Magazine

Brainoware biocomputing study illustration

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

Fluorescent dye shows the growth of teeth and bones.

Glowing dye lets us peek inside growing bones and teeth

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

The most powerful health innovations of 2022

By Kate Baggaley, Purbita Saha

Blood donor's arm with donation in progress

Scientists safely injected two patients with lab-grown blood

a white lab rat held in a gloved hand

These sterile mice have been modified to make rat sperm

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

Rare transplant cells have cured another HIV patient

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

HIV infected cell

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

An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab

An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

Two parents holding a newborn

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

Viagra might help make stem cell transplants easier

By Nicole Wetsman