This Biohybrid robot is made of human cells and controlled by a machine 'Mind' ~tech Article 1072 words 8 votes
Biologists discovered a widespread protein that abruptly shuts down a cell’s activity — and turns it back on just as fast ~science biology.micro Article 1673 words 20 votes
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have successfully implanted seven million lab-grown brain cells into a patient to treat Parkinson's disease ~health medicine Article 753 words 23 votes
Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells ~science biology.molecular Article 478 words 11 votes
Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests ~health.mental Article 488 words 22 votes
US FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use gene-editing tool CRISPR ~health Article 1493 words 49 votes
Tiny robots made from human cells heal damaged tissue (in the lab) ~science biology Article 445 words, published Nov 30 2023 15 votes
Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg ~science biology Article 845 words 19 votes
The reshuffling of neurons during fruit fly metamorphosis suggests that larval memories don’t persist in adults ~science biology.developmental biology.neuro Article 1445 words 27 votes
Swedish appeals court ups surgeon's sentence for 'harm' during experimental windpipe transplants ~health medicine Article 542 words 7 votes
Cambridge-Caltech team of scientists claim to have created synthetic human embryos from stem cells at conference; work not yet published ~science biology medicine Article 806 words, published Jun 14 2023 29 votes
Swedish court has given disgraced Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini a suspended sentence for causing bodily harm during an experimental stem-cell windpipe transplant ~health medicine Article 58 words 3 votes
Scientists grew stem cell 'mini brains'. Then, the brains sort-of developed eyes ~science biology Article 685 words 12 votes
US Presdient Donald Trump’s antibody treatment was tested using fetal cells obtained through abortion ~health medicine Article 588 words 18 votes
Scientists debate the origin of cell types in the first animals ~science biology Article 1193 words 6 votes
The birth-tissue profiteers - How well-meaning donations end up fueling an unproven, virtually unregulated $2 billion stem cell industry ~science biology medicine Article 6868 words, published May 7 2019 8 votes