University of Cambridge, UK - Scientists Grow “Synthetic” Embryo With Brain and Beating Heart – Without Eggs or Sperm [SciTechDaily, August 2022]

Title:

Scientists Grow “Synthetic” Embryo With Brain and Beating Heart – Without Eggs or Sperm

 

By:

University of Cambridge, UK

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 27 August 2022

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-grow-synthetic-embryo-with-brain-and-beating-heart-without-eggs-or-sperm/

 

From the article:

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body. It represents a new avenue for recreating the first stages of life. 

 

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05246-3 

Lund University, Sweden - How nanostraws can increase number of blood stem cells

Title:

How nanostraws can increase number of blood stem cells

 

Published:

Lund University, 8 February 2022

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells

 

From the article:

Jonas Larsson, professor of molecular medicine, and his research colleague Ludwig Schmiderer, together with Martin Hjort, researcher at Lund University, have developed a method using nanotechnology to multiply blood stem cells before a stem cell transplant.

 

Tufts University & University of Vermont - Not Bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism

Title:
Not Bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism

Authors:
Simon Coghlan & Kobi Leins

Published:
The Conversation, 19 January 2020

From the article:
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world's first "living bot".

This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making a new lifeform called xenobots from stem cells. The term "xeno" comes from the from cells (Xenopus laevis) used to make them.

To read this article:
https://theconversation.com/not-bot-not-beast-scientists-create-first-ever-living-programmable-organism-129980