organs
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This Heart-On-A-Chip Beats Like The Real Thing
Though it may not look at all like the muscle in your chest, this heart-on-a-chip can beat like the real thing. A blend of microfluidics and biological cells, the device will be used as a more efficient means of testing for drug toxicity.
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These Scarves Are Woven Music, Made With Patterns From Organ Punchcards
Did you know that the same kind of punched cards control both the jaunty tunes of old timey organs and the warp and weft of a certain kind of textile loom? Glithero, aka British designer Tim Simpson and Dutch designer Sarah van Gameren, bridged the gap for a cool a medium mash-up — and managed…
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Researchers Use Circuit Printer To Make Functional Heart Muscle
Growing replacement organs in a lab and transplanting them is science-fiction dream-turned-very-possible-reality, but so far it’s been limited to simple tissues. Today, MIT researchers published findings on their successful attempts to build functional heart tissue, using a modified machine originally meant to build integrated circuits.
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This Lab-Grown Kidney Can Keep Rats — And Maybe Even You — Alive
For the first time ever, a whole lab-grown kidney has been successfully transplanted into a rat, where it allowed the creature to process urine like a really kidney would. And it could someday save your life.