Scientists have advanced human-animal chimera research by successfully growing human cells within the organs of mice. This ...

Blood vessels grown in the lab in just five days could quickly prevent the tissue damage that can occur after an accident ...

A new centre focused on improving the lives of children with inflammatory bowel diseases has opened in Cambridge. The ...

Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at Uppsala University have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella bacteria infect the human gut. The study opens the door to using cultured ...

Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at Uppsala University have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella ...

Organs-on-a-chip are miniature devices that use human cells to mimic organs. Harvard bioengineer Donald Ingber and colleagues ...

Modern humans have existed for more than 200,000 years, and each new generation has begun with a single cell—dividing, ...

A new study by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals that the cells shaping our organs may be ...

Human–animal chimaeras are an exciting yet challenging area of research. Human cells are coaxed to grow in animal embryos, allowing researchers to study human tissue development. But the long-term ...

May 21, 2025 — A study explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells out-compete their neighbors and gradually take over blood production. The loss of ...

A new cancer treatment discovered by the University of California, San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute (SSCI) and developed ...

A new nanotechnology breakthrough may soon eliminate the need for painful biopsies. Scientists have developed a patch filled ...