Scientists transplant lab-grown lungs into pigs — they worked fine
It's a landmark achievement in regenerative medicine.
Tag: bioengineering
If stem cells don’t grow as you want them to, just add a dash of parsley-husk scaffolding
To be fair it works with other plants too, but I was shooting for a culinary title.
Artificial spleen cleans up blood
Magnetic nanobeads in the 'biospleen' device bind to Escherichia coli (left) and Staphylococcus aureus (right) and remove them from blood. ...
This bacterium shoots wires out of its body to power itself
This bacterium has a lot in common with power companies. Power companies use copper wires to channel electricity (and therefore, ...
First bio-engineered kidney works after transplant in rats
A kidney in a bioreactor after seeding with cells. After transplantation it filtered blood and produced urine. Photograph: Ott Lab/Center ...
Tadpoles can see through eyes implanted in their tails
An eye growing on the tail of a tadpole. Most animals have eyes in the vicinity of their brains, typically ...
Synthetic jellyfish made from rat heart cells can swim like the real deal
A team led by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Harvard University have built this remarkable display ...
The flood-tolerant crops of the future
Floods are a major hazard to crops worldwide. This year alone, billions of dollars worth of crops came to waste ...
Transistor gates created out of E. Coli bacteria – huge biocomputing leap forward!
Scientists at London's Imperial College have successfully managed to create biological logic gates, indispensible for the production of electronical devices, ...
