Breakthrough: Scientists successfully grow hybrid embryos containing human and sheep cells
Using stem cell and genomic editing technologies, human stem cells were successfully transferred into early sheep embryos, producing embryos for which about one in every 100,000 cells were human.
Feb 19, 2018, 15:51 PM IST
Did you know? Your nose holds the key to let you live longer by sniffing out death!
The results published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society contribute to growing evidence that smell testing gives a valuable window into the health of the brain as it ages – just as the back of the eye does to a skilled doctor.
May 15, 2017, 23:40 PM IST
SRH, Apollo Hospitals create awareness about organ donation
Sunrisers Hyderabad team members Muttiah Muralitharan, Kane Williamson, Ben Cutting, Siraj Md, along with Apollo Hospitals joint managing director Sangita Reddy, Jeevandan incharge Dr G Swarnalatha among others took a pledge to donate organs and encourage others to come forward and pledge their organs at a event organised in Apollo Hospital here.
May 04, 2017, 16:31 PM IST
Part-human, part-pig embryo created in milestone research
“The ultimate goal is to grow functional and transplantable tissue or organs, but we are far away from that. This is an important first step,” said Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte.
Jan 27, 2017, 10:11 AM IST
Meet 'mesentery' – The newly discovered 79th organ hiding in your body!
The fact that the mesentery is a distinct organ is now being taught to medical students, following its reclassification.
Jan 04, 2017, 08:50 AM IST
Scientists grow human organs inside pigs to tackle organ shortage!
The embryos are being allowed to mature for 28 days in the sows before terminating the pregnancies for analysis.
Jun 06, 2016, 12:21 PM IST
3D printers could soon create hearts, arteries!
The development could one day lead to a world in which transplants are no longer necessary to repair damaged organs, solving life's most complex health problems.
Oct 26, 2015, 11:50 AM IST
