A study led by Maria Carmo-Fonseca at GIMM has helped clarify one of the main limitations of lab-grown heart cells, which are widely used around the world to study heart disease and test new drugs.

A June 26 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims an unsavory process is being used to create food products for consumers. “Did you know that lab grown meat is cultivated from animal cancer ...

For the first time ever, scientists have given patients red blood cells that were grown in a lab. This feat is part of a clinical trial in England looking into the safety of the cutting-edge technique ...

Rocket Lab said June 11 it lined up nearly $50 million in federal and state awards to help fund expansion of a solar cell factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab ...

In a groundbreaking development, scientists have uncovered a type of immortal cell in laboratory settings, offering unprecedented potential for medical research and treatment. These cells, with their ...

Why did the bee go to the dermatologist? Bee-cause he had urticaria. If you get the joke (we didn't: urticaria is the medical term for hives), you’d probably fit right in at the Regenerative ...

AMES, Iowa – A decade ago, Raquel Espin Palazon discovered that inflammatory signaling pathways must switch on for embryos to produce blood stem cells. The latest work from her lab shows the potential ...

Researchers have developed a technique to connect lab-grown neural 'organoids' (three-dimensional developmental brain-like structures grown from human stem cells) using axonal bundles, similar to the ...

Monoclonal antibody expression systems typically utilise a signal peptide to ensure secretion of the antibody into the cell culture medium. Although this reduces the complexity of purification and ...

Scientists have transfused lab-made red blood cells into a human volunteer in a world-first trial that experts say has major potential for people with hard-to-match blood types or conditions such as ...

Zinc is the second most abundant transition metal in biology and plays a crucial role in a wide variety of cellular processes. Roughly 10% of the human genome encodes for zinc-binding proteins and all ...

UK scientists have begun the first clinical trial of lab-grown red blood cells, with the hope that they survive longer in volunteers than donated blood cells. Reading time 2 minutes An important ...