Science Daily April 6, 2017 This is a mouse heart section showing human progenitor cells that formed functional human blood vessels. Purple color signifies human blood vessels, red staining signifies the blood vessels of the mouse that received the human cell implants. Credit: Jalees Rehman Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a […]
This Fluid-Filled Bag Lets Lambs Develop Outside the Womb. Humans Are Next.
Futurism.com Jolene Creighton April 26, 2017 Physicians at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia worked with 23 week-old lambs to in order test a synthetic device that imitates a woman’s uterus, hoping to limit mortality and disease in premature children that are born before 37 weeks Creating an artificial womb would be a feat of monumental […]
Firestorm Brewing as Scientists Work to Create Synthetic Human DNA
CNBC Alex Ossola, special to CNBC.com Tuesday, 2 May 2017 As synthetic DNA is being researched, ethical questions are coming to surface Last May a seemingly commonplace meeting kicked off a firestorm of controversy. More than 100 experts in genetics and bioengineering convened at Harvard Medical School for a meeting that was closed to […]
Unproven Stem Cell ‘Therapy’ Blinds Three Patients at Florida Clinic
Science Daily March 15, 2017 Stanford University Medical Center Jeffrey Goldberg and his colleagues examined the cases of three women who were blinded after undergoing an unproven stem cell treatment for macular degeneration. Credit: Norbert von der Groeben Three people with macular degeneration were blinded after undergoing an unproven stem cell treatment that was touted […]
