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- Human-pig hybrid created in lab to help grow donor organs https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-pig-hybrid-chimera-stem-cells-experiment-mouse-rat-a7548001.html 2 comments
- Science Fiction comes alive as Researchers grow organs in lab. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424127887323699704578328251335196648.html?mod=wsj_hpp_middle_video_top 145 comments technology
- Science Fiction Comes Alive as Researchers Grow Organs in Lab http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424127887323699704578328251335196648.html?mod=wsj_hpp_middle_video_top 20 comments worldnews
- Bio-tech firm raises $53 million to grow organic leather in a lab https://www.snapmunk.com/startup-funding-vegan-leather-without-slaughtering-animals/ 28 comments business
- Donate organs? No, grow them from scratch. Columbia researcher Nina Tandon believes that the era of engineered tissues -- think ultimately of a replacement kidney grown in the lab -- is just beginning. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57504295-76/donate-organs-no-grow-them-from-scratch/ 161 comments science
- Researchers have engineered a type of "scaffold" technology that allows them to grow larger pieces of tissue in the lab and may lead to growing entire organs http://www.upi.com/health_news/2015/06/17/scaffold-technology-could-help-scientists-grow-organs/2931434554502/ 3 comments science
- A kidney-like organ grown from scratch in the lab has been shown to work in animals – an achievement that could be the prelude to growing replacement kidneys from a patient's own stem cells. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22398-pioneering-labgrown-kidney-does-its-job-in-animals.html 15 comments science