A First: Organs Tailor-Made With Body’s Own Cells

A First: Organs Tailor-Made With Body’s Own Cells

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Using the body’s cells and letting the body itself do most of the work Andemariam Beyene sat by the hospital window, the low Arctic sun on his face, and talked about the time he thought [...]

Neural Interface for Hand Prosthesis Can Restore Function in Brain Areas Responsible for Motor Control

Neural Interface for Hand Prosthesis Can Restore Function in Brain Areas Responsible for Motor Control

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Amputation disrupts not only the peripheral nervous system but also central structures of the brain. While the brain is able to adapt and compensate for injury in certain conditions, in amputees the traumatic event prevents [...]

Mending a Broken Heart With a Molecule That Turns Stem Cells Into Heart Cells

Mending a Broken Heart With a Molecule That Turns Stem Cells Into Heart Cells

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There’s no shortage of therapeutic possibilities for ITD-1 For years, scientists have been looking for a good source of heart cells that can be used to study cardiac function in the lab, or perhaps even [...]

Neurons Derived from Cord Blood Cells May Represent New Therapeutic Option

Neurons Derived from Cord Blood Cells May Represent New Therapeutic Option

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Convert cord blood (CB) cells into neuron-like cells that may prove valuable for the treatment of a wide range of neurological conditions For more than 20 years, doctors have been using cells from blood that [...]

3D Printed Vascular Networks Made From Sugar

3D Printed Vascular Networks Made From Sugar

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  The researchers’ work epitomizes the philosophy that drives much of the open source 3D printing community Researchers are hopeful that new advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine could one day make a replacement [...]