By akie
”Scientists and engineers can use the 3-D bio printers to enable placing cells of almost any type into a desired pattern in 3-D,” said Murphy. “Researchers can place liver cells on a preformed scaffold, support kidney cells with a co-printed scaffold, or form adjacent layers of epithelial and stromal soft tissue that grow into a mature tooth. Ultimately the idea would be for surgeons to have tissue on demand for various uses, and the best way to do that is get a number of bio-printers into the hands of researchers and give them the ability to make three dimensional tissues on demand.”
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By akie
“Researchers have devised a way to write memories onto the brains of flies, revealing which brain cells are involved in making bad memories.”
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By akie
From the Wall Street Journal:
“Two teams of Chinese researchers working separately have reprogrammed mature skin cells of mice to an embryonic-like state and used the resulting cells to create live mouse offspring.”
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By akie
A new drug extends the life span of middle-aged mice by 14%. If the same holds for humans, this means an extension of the average life span of approximately 10 years…
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By akie
I’ve seen a lot of technology lately that seem to come right out of science fiction stories.
Exhibit 1: Japanese researchers can read your mind.
I will blog more examples as I come across them.
