Morning Read: Cyborg brains, blindness cure get close to reality
"Cyborg brains," in the form of brain implants, are in development at the University of Southern California.
It’s alive! Scientists grow 3-D mini-brains
We can now grow complex human brain tissue in a test tube. Scientists in Vienna, Austria, used a method that allows pluripotent stem cells to develop into mini-brains (i.e., cerebral organoids) that even have several distinct brain regions, according to an article in this issue of Nature. While this year has seen 3-D printed miniature […]
Medical Megatrends Stem Cells — Part III
A cure for spinal cord injury? Diabetes? Macular degeneration? Hope or just hype? There are now some clinical trials using embryonic stem cells to treat serious diseases for which no other good therapy is currently available. But this is just the beginning of a major medical megatrend that will blossom forth in the coming years. […]
Medical Megatrends — Stem Cells — Part I of III
New cells to replace those destroyed in diabetes type 1, cells to help heal a heart attack, cells to cure leukemia — this is the promise of stem cells. Some of this is happening now; more will be available in a few years.” Stem cells will usher in the era of regenerative medicine, allowing the […]