Scientists Just Tried Growing Human Kidneys in Pigs
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In a first, researchers in China have used pigs to grow early-stage kidneys made up of mostly human cells. The advance is a step closer to producing organs in animals …
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This Drug Offers Hope for HIV Freedom in Patients
A sixth person, known as the “Geneva patient,” may be HIV-free after undergoing a stem cell transplant to treat his cancer. This individual, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1990, …
Challenging Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an ‘Embryo’: Exploring the Impact of Embryo Models
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Meanwhile, Hanna’s team in Israel was growing mouse embryo models in a similar way, as they described in a paper in Cell that was published shortly before the paper from …
The DNA of Every Embryo Holds Traces of an Ancient Battle
The new paper is the result of herculean computational analyses, involving researchers in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, to better understand the role ancient retroviruses play in early embryonic …
Newly Discovered Link Between Aging Cells and Hair Loss Sparks Further Investigations
Next, they acquired follicles from a hair transplant clinic and transplanted them onto mice. Normally, these follicles go dormant for a couple of months after transplantation. However, Plikus suspected that …