3D placenta organoids created to model pregnancy disorders
The first three-dimensional miniature model of the human placenta has been created from stem cells...
An artificially grown mass of cells or tissue that resembles an organ.
The first three-dimensional miniature model of the human placenta has been created from stem cells...
Neanderthal 'mini-brains' have been successfully grown in a dish by a team from the University of California, San Diego...
by Ewa Zotow
Scientists have found a set of genes that may explain the unusually large size of the human brain in comparison with other apes...
Researchers in the USA have created patient-specific organoids that mimic the effects of bladder cancer tumours...
Researchers have tested cancer drugs on lab-grown 'mini-tumours' and say the results mean that the most appropriate treatment for a patient with cancer could be given faster in future...
Organoids and CRISPR/Cas9 have been combined in a novel method to study genetic mutations occurring in cancer...
A proof-of-concept study in mice has demonstrated how skin grafts could deliver gene therapy for obesity and diabetes...
Human DNA could be artificially synthesised in around five years or less, according to one of the organisers behind the Genome Project-write plan...
New brain organoids have been created to show development of both healthy human brain cells and those associated with genetic disorders...
Rapid advances in stem cell and embryo research are in danger of outstripping current ethical guidelines and new regulations are urgently needed, warn scientists in a report published this week...
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