Somewhere deep inside a salt cave in Hallstatt, Austria, a small crystal disk stores the entire human genome, and possibly ...

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A new study by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals that the cells shaping our organs may be ...

Human–animal chimaeras are an exciting yet challenging area of research. Human cells are coaxed to grow in animal embryos, allowing researchers to study human tissue development. But the long-term ...

Artificial organ transplants have been held back by the difficulty of making networks of blood vessels - a problem scientists are now taking steps to overcome ...

The artificial creation of human skin, tissue and internal organs may sound like something from the distant future, but much of it is happening right now in research facilities around the globe ...

A new study reveals the key lies not in the production of a regrowth molecule, but in that molecule's controlled destruction.

There are more than 100,000 people on organ transplant lists in the U.S., some of whom will wait years to receive one – and some may not survive the wait. Even with a good match, there is a chance ...