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Stanford investigators fused two stem-cell-derived neural spheroids, each containing a different type of human neuron, then watched as one set of neurons migrated and hooked up with the other set.

A team of doctors in Britain is to become the first in the world to modify pig organs to treat newborn babies with birth defects.

The team built on this discovery by first removing the plant cells from a spinach leaf, and then demonstrating that it’s possible to use the veins remaining in the leaf structure to transport fluid and small particles, the approximate size of blood cells. In addition to this, they seeded heart cells on the plant scaffold to show that the scaffold can serve as a basis for building heart muscle.

Scientists have created a veritable zoo of “organoids,” including livers, pancreases, stomachs, hearts, kidneys, and even mammary and salivary glands

Early work suggests nanoparticles may help rewarm cryopreserved tissue

After decades of piecemeal progress, the science of cryogenically storing human organs is warming up.