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A stomach grown in a petri dish could help scientists understand our guts
Digestion under a microscope
Lab Grown Neuron Networks Could Treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s
A new type of cell scaffold holds the key
Scientists Grow Full-Sized, Beating Human Hearts From Stem Cells
It’s the closest we've come to growing transplantable hearts in the lab
Scientists Discover A New Kind Of Stem Cell
And are now one step closer to figuring out how stem cells work
Medicine Nobel Awarded to Stem Cell Pioneers Who Reprogrammed Adult Cells
Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka discovered that mature cells, not just embryonic cells, are capable of becoming any cell in the body.
Researchers Grow Functioning Human Liver Tissue from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Japanese researchers working with induced pluripotent stem cells have coaxed a semi-functional, liver-like tissue from a petri dish in what...
Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell
The cells could be further studied for eventual application to human therapy
Scientists Use Stem Cells To Create Mice With Two Genetic Fathers
Using stem cell technology, scientists have produced male and female mice from two fathers, a breakthrough that could conceivably allow...
MIT’s New Synthetic Material Allows Stem Cells to Grow Without Foreign Catalysts
Human pluripotent stem cells – the kind that can become any kind of specialized cell and therefore be used to...
Skin Cells Converted Directly To Brain Cells, For First Time Ever
New cell transformation technique skips stem-cell intermediary stage
