A European consortium led by UNIGE has developed a bioartificial pancreas that can restore normal blood glucose levels in people with diabetes — a breakthrough recognised by the European Commission’s ...

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The development of an animal from a single cell is a process that requires incredible precision. As an embryo grows, different tissues, such as those comprising muscles, nerves, and various organs, ...

Regeneration is a trick many animals, including lizards, starfish, and octopuses, have mastered. Axolotls, a salamander species originating in Mexico, can regrow pretty much everything from severed ...

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Researchers have developed a way of bioprinting tissues that change shape as a result of cell-generated forces, in the same way that it happens in biological tissues during organ development. The ...

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It is hard to mend a broken heart, but in a few years doctors might be able to do essentially that. Scientists are closing in on ways to help patients grow new heart muscle after a heart attack, as ...

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In good news for future animation figureheads, there might be a new way to revive frozen brains without damaging them. Scientists in China have developed a new chemical concoction that lets brain ...

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