stem cells
Lab Grown ‘Mini Brains’ Shed Light on Zika’s Disastrous Effects
This new study confirms the virus’ terrible effect on the fetal cortex.
Two New Techniques Get Us Closer to Regenerating Eyeballs
Very different stem cell-based methods arrive at a common cause: restoring vision.
The Strange, Ethically Ambiguous World of Biological Art
Australian artist Oron Catts is at the bleeding edge—literally—of a discipline that meddles with life for the sake of art.
A Big New ALS Report Shows Your Ice Bucket Challenge Dollars at Work
An ALS researcher is grateful for your money.
This Infant Human Heart Was Grown From Stem Cells
Lab-grown heart microchambers could eliminate the need for some types of animal testing.
Happy Birthday to Dolly the Sheep, the First Cloned Adult Mammal
Also: the birth of contemporary biotech paranoia.
The Canadian Military Wants to Use Stem Cells to Help Its Soldiers Heal
The US army's research into turning stem cells into a useful in-theatre tool dates back over five years, and now Canada's top military researchers are following suit.
This Rat Limb Was Grown in the Lab
Researchers stripped cells from a rat's arm, then used it as a base to grow new ones.
The Science of Artificial Testicles
A future in which we can cure infertility by way of sperm-making machines could be on the horizon.
Surgeons Are Trying to Grow Baby Intestines from Stem Cells
There have been attempts before—but now they actually work.
Watch These Cells Start Folding Themselves Into an Embryo
Biologists reconstructed the early stages of an embryo for the first time.