The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs
From cities in the sky to robot butlers, futuristic visions fill the history of PopSci. In the column we check in on progress towards our most ambitious promises. Read more…
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From cities in the sky to robot butlers, futuristic visions fill the history of PopSci. In the column we check in on progress towards our most ambitious promises. Read more…
Scientists have created brain “organoids” for years, but there are limitations to the tiny, lab-grown cultures. One of the most frustrating issues is a lack of control over their design,…
This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Roughly 20 years ago, a biologist named Caroline Gargett went in search of some remarkable cells in tissue that had been removed…
Your biological center for thought, comprehension, and learning bears some striking similarities to a data center housing rows upon rows of highly advanced processing units. But unlike those neural network…
Scientists have found a way to produce eye tissue using stem cells and 3D printing, which could lead to breakthroughs in treating degenerative eye diseases. A group of researchers from…