• Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 14th, 2015
Scientists Figure Out How to Make See-Through Brains

Scientists Figure Out How to Make See-Through Brains

The technique is detailed in the journal Nature Neuroscience

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 5th, 2015
Spontaneous Tissue Regeneration Demonstrated in Laboratory Mice

Spontaneous Tissue Regeneration Demonstrated in Laboratory Mice

Drug used to trigger regrowth of damaged, even lost tissue

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 21st, 2015
Cosmetics Giant L'Oreal Wants to 3D Print Actual Human Skin

Cosmetics Giant L'Oreal Wants to 3D Print Actual Human Skin

The French beauty company will use the 3D printed human skin tissues to tests its products, reports say

Women Are Drinking Collagen to Banish Wrinkles, Get the Perfect Skin

Women Are Drinking Collagen to Banish Wrinkles, Get the Perfect Skin

Well, they're actually drinking a brand new type of beer that contains 2 grams (0.07 ounces) of collagen per can

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 11th, 2015
Scientists Grow Fully Functional Heart Tissue on Spider Webs, Sort Of

Scientists Grow Fully Functional Heart Tissue on Spider Webs, Sort Of

The heart tissue was grown on a scaffold of fibers made from the same protein that spiders use to spin their webs

Maggots Living Inside Man's Head Credited with Saving His Life

Maggots Living Inside Man's Head Credited with Saving His Life

The maggots ate dead tissue surrounding the site of a severe infection, the doctors who treated the man explain

Hormone Helps Regrow Damaged Heart Tissue

Hormone Helps Regrow Damaged Heart Tissue

Although the study was carried out on lab mice, researchers believe damaged human hearts could be regrown as well

Tiny Motors Powered by Stomach Acid Go for a Spin Inside Lab Mice

Tiny Motors Powered by Stomach Acid Go for a Spin Inside Lab Mice

The researchers who developed the motors hope their microscopic devices will one day serve to deliver drugs

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 20th, 2014
Stem Cells Could Repair and Regenerate Tissue Damaged by a Heart Attack

Stem Cells Could Repair and Regenerate Tissue Damaged by a Heart Attack

Scientists claim it is possible to repair the damage caused by a heart attack by toying with stem cells in the body

Stem Cells Used to Make Eye Tissue, Scientists Announce

Stem Cells Used to Make Eye Tissue, Scientists Announce

In time, this techniques could help restore sight in human patients

  • History
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • December 13th, 2008
Most Ancient British Brain Is Two Millennia Old

Most Ancient British Brain Is Two Millennia Old

Oddly, it was the only soft tissue preserved on a severed head

Living Clothes as a Possibility for the Near Future

Living Clothes as a Possibility for the Near Future

Living tissue may also grow into a form of organic art

  • Health
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • May 6th, 2008
Finger Regenerated Using Pig Bladder Extract

Finger Regenerated Using Pig Bladder Extract

Is it real or just a hoax?

  • Health
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • April 24th, 2008
The Largest Female Facial Tumor Ever

The Largest Female Facial Tumor Ever

Weighs 15 pounds (7 kg)

  • History
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • April 14th, 2008
First Tomography of a Well Preserved Baby Mammoth

First Tomography of a Well Preserved Baby Mammoth

The 37,000-year-old Lyuba

  • Health
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • February 2nd, 2008
World's Largest Breast Implants: 153.67 cm (60.5 in) in Circumference!

World's Largest Breast Implants: 153.67 cm (60.5 in) in Circumference!

They are made of polypropylene string breast implants

Beating Lab Made Hearts!

Beating Lab Made Hearts!

Through decellularization

 
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