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Engineers 3-D print a “living tattoo”
Read more: Engineers 3-D print a “living tattoo”New technique 3-D prints programmed cells into living devices for first time. MIT engineers have devised a 3-D printing technique that uses a new kind of ink made from genetically programmed living cells. The cells are engineered to light up in response to a variety of stimuli. When mixed with a slurry of hydrogel and…
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Muscle plays surprising role in tissue regeneration
Read more: Muscle plays surprising role in tissue regenerationWhitehead Institute researchers have pinpointed distinct muscle subsets that orchestrate and pattern regrowth. Researchers at the Whitehead Institute have illuminated an important role for different subtypes of muscle cells in orchestrating the process of tissue regeneration. In a paper appearing online today in Nature, they reveal that a subtype of muscle fibers in flatworms is required…
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Cell-weighing method could help doctors choose cancer drugs
Read more: Cell-weighing method could help doctors choose cancer drugsTechnique may predict which therapies a patient is most sensitive or resistant to. Doctors have many drugs available to treat multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. However, there is no way to predict, by genetic markers or other means, how a patient will respond to a particular drug. This can lead to months of…
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