Comments on: Will we ever grow organs?

By: Victor Gray

Victor Gray — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:20:17 +0000

what about a uterous, my wife lost hers at the age of 22 because of a bad decision of a dr.

By: James

James — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:55:39 +0000

How does this bit work?

‘stem cells taken from Beyene’s bone marrow…can develop into every type of cell in the body’

I thought stem cells from adult bone marrow were restricted to certain cell lineages? They’re multipotent rather than pluripotent stem cells, aren’t they? Or have I misunderstood?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:33:13 +0000

Christopher Lyles passed away this morning. I don’t know from what degree, but he fell ill shortly after returning home to the US. Please keep his family and especially his lil girl in your prayers.

By: Katkinkate

Katkinkate — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:19:22 +0000

TEETH! When will they be able to make replacement teeth?

By: Berna Bleeker

Berna Bleeker — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:51:56 +0000

Oh wow…. that is *amazing*!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:59:31 +0000

Great summary of the field Ed. It’s one we’ve visited a few times over the past few years on the Speaking of Research blog, once in response to your earlier post on lab-engineered lungs http://speakingofresearch.com/2010/06/25/how-to-build-a-lung/

Having said that I have to admit my first thought on seeing this post was “Operation! I haven’t played that in years…do they still make it?”