Tag: stem cells
Intricate, Optimized Designs in Insects Beg a Question
The ingenious inventions found in insects summon us to ask: How did these small organisms get them?
Oh No: It Turns Out Lab-Grown Meat Causes Global Warming Too
Getting billions of people to stop eating meat isn’t very realistic, so some have put their hopes in lab-grown steaks made from stem cells.
Memory — New Research Reveals Cells Have It, Too
A memory of past events helps a cell learn how to respond to recurring threats and protect the genome.
Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs
The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death.
The Downsides of “Right to Try”
A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA.