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‘Cell snowball’ method self-assembles larger lab-grown tissues

Penn State researchers have developed a technique they call “cellular snowballing,” in which lab-grown cells mixed with ...
CNN

Lab-grown embryo models are getting more realistic. Scientists are getting more concerned

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Chen Lab: New ways to grow cells to protect our lungs from disease

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the laboratories of researchers at the University of Chicago who are working to improve our ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Created Structures That Produced Blood Cells in the Lab—With a Process That Mimics Real Human Embryos

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...