Light-controlled hydrogel mimics soft human tissue for more realistic cell studies

For decades, lab-grown cells have been studied in materials that don't reflect the softness and flexibility of human tissue.
University of California, San Francisco

Shape-Shifting Gel Helps Scientists 3D Print Organs That Grow in Lab

Scientists at UCSF invented a microscopic “womb” material for growing artificial organs (organoids) from scratch.

Can ‘mini brains’ replace lab animals? Organoids are changing how scientists study disease

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.
Salon

Lab-grown meat techniques aren’t new — cell cultures are common tools in science

You might be old enough to remember the famous “Where’s the Beef?” Wendy’s commercials. This question may be asked in a different context since U.S. regulators approved the sale of lab-grown chicken ...
The Conversation

Lab‑grown meat techniques aren’t new – cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society’s demand for meat will require further ...

Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology You might be old enough to remember the famous “Where’s the Beef?” Wendy’s commercials. This question may ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

Record efficiency achieved for perovskite-silicon triple-junction solar cells

Researchers from the Photovoltaics and Thin-Film Electronics Laboratory (PV-Lab) in EPFL's School of Engineering and CSEM ...
Yahoo

How new Norton Healthcare lab could help find cure for Type 1 diabetes

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As soon as this summer, Norton Healthcare may become one of 11 sites that offers a life-changing treatment for chronic ...