Human mini brains grown in a lab integrated with live mice brains
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As our ability to re-code and “improve” on nature improves so too will our ability to produce new human organs in new ways. The future of personalized medicine will very likely involve human “spare parts,” whether they’re 3D printed on demand, grown on demand...
“No cut CRISPR” breakthrough lets scientists turn genes on and off at will
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to precisely turn genes on and off “at will” will revolutionise personal medicine and bring about the creation of new revolutionary healthcare treatments. The gene editing tool CRISPR is one of the most exciting developments in modern genetics, for example recently it...
