This could mean safer life-saving organ transplants
Reprogramming organs could be the future of transplants
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Human organs grown in pigs? Not so fast
Human stem cells don’t mix well with pig embryos
A 3D bioprinter that prints fully functional human skin
A prototype 3D bioprinter that can create totally functional human skin has been developed
Old-fashioned loom weaves advanced textiles
Scientists have woven a ‘smart’ fabric that mimics the sophisticated and complex properties of the bone tissue periosteum
Scientists tell advanced materials to get knotted
Scientists have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known, which could lead to a new generation of advanced materials
Biomimetic nano cargo carriers
Tiny transport system, inspired by micro-scale motion in bacterial cilia and flagella, has been developed
Stretchable transistor could be a second skin
Devices could monitor blood glucose levels
Synthetic stem cells offer benefits of natural stem cells without the risks
Can be applied to multiple stem cell types and to repair of various organ systems
New technique uses immune cells to deliver anti-cancer drugs
Researchers combined biodegradable polymer nanoparticles encapsulated with cancer-fighting drugs and incorporated them into immune cells to create a smart, targeted system to attack cancers of specific types