Scientists Just Tried Growing Human Kidneys in Pigs
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...
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A Brain Implant Helped Stroke Survivors Regain Movement
The brain has a remarkable ability to adapt in response to injury. Healthy regions can take over functions that the damaged parts used to perform....
The View From the Center of the World’s Myopia Epidemic
Doing surgery on the back of the eye is a little like laying new carpet: You must begin by moving the furniture. Separate the muscles...
This Stamp-Sized Ultrasound Patch Can Image Internal Organs
When a patient goes into a clinic for an ultrasound of their stomach, they lie down on crinkly paper atop an exam table. A clinician...
A Brain Chemical Helps Neurons Know When to Start a Movement
By washing through the brain, neuromodulators “allow you to govern the excitability of a large region of the brain more or less in the same...
A Twist on Stem Cell Transplants Could Help Blood Cancer Patients
“It’s exciting that we could do it,” says Shlomchik. “This is an important first step,” agrees Nelson Chao, chief of the division of Hematological Malignancies...