Artificial jellyfish

Posted: February 21st, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Animal - Material, Artificial Bodies, Artificial Life, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Cells, General, Science | No Comments »

Artificial jellyfish built from rat cells : Nature News & Comment

BBC News – Artificial jellyfish created from heart cells


Biologists Create ‘Zombie Cells’

Posted: February 21st, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Cells, General, Life & Death, Zombies | No Comments »

Biologists Create ‘Zombie Cells’ In The Lab Which Outperform Living Counterparts.


Replacement Parts | The Scientist

Posted: August 10th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Animal - Material, Artificial Bodies, Artificial Organs, Bioengineering, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, General, Human body, Life & Death, Life Sciences, Living tissue, Pig bladder, Regenerative medicine, Science | No Comments »

Replacement Parts | The Scientist.


Microbial Perfume | The Scientist

Posted: July 27th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Scent/Smell, Science | No Comments »

Microbial Perfume | The Scientist.


CBS report on regenerative medicine

Posted: October 6th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Animal - Material, Artificial Bodies, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, General, Human body, Living tissue, Pig bladder, Regeneration, Regenerative medicine | No Comments »

Imagine re-growing a severed fingertip, or creating an organ in the lab that can be transplanted into a patient without risk of rejection. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s not. It’s the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine, in which scientists are learning to harness the body’s own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results.”

via http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/22/sunday/main3960219.shtml