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 ...

Researchers have unveiled a new 3D‑printable material that can be stretched, sutured, and implanted, edging artificial organs ...

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 ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine says it will help lead a pioneering cancer research project aboard the International Space Station. The project is one ...

Explore 2025's groundbreaking scientific discoveries: the MoM-z14 galaxy, personalised CRISPR therapy, regenerative medicine, ...

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 ...

During the early stages of life, organs do not just appear in their final form. They take shape through a process of controlled bending, twisting, and folding. These changes help cells organize into ...

Coaxing a stem cell to differentiate is similar to telling a college freshman to pick a major—and about as difficult. With a plethora of options to choose from, how does one decide on a pathway to ...

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, is the only surgeon in the world who is performing transplants in humans with artificially grown organs. Some people describe ...

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 ...

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