A new X-ray imaging technique could transform how hospitals analyze tissue samples, potentially speeding up diagnoses and ...
Image 1. Three examples of the tissue shapes the team created. The black and white square, circle and triangle on the left correspond to the cells that were illuminated. On the right, three fruit fly ...
Image 2. Example of optogenetics-guided tissue folding. The top image shows an embryo 10 minutes after illumination, and the bottom one 13 minutes afterwards: light-activated cells have folded inwards ...
For decades, lab-grown cells have been studied in materials that don't reflect the softness and flexibility of human tissue.
In the quest to live forever, scientists have explored all kinds of unusual avenues. Cryopreservation is a popular talking point, but we humans and our delicate cells don’t deal well with freezing.