White mice don’t grow on trees. At least, for now. Via New Scientist: It’s often said that in a city, you’re never far from a rat. Today’s UK government figures for the…
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M-I-C-K-E-Y L-I-V-E-R! For your consideration: Genuine, organically grown transgenic liver. Japanese scientists have succeeded in growing a human liver on top of a mouse’s head, an important step toward future technology that could replace diseased human organs.
Via ScienceDaily: Evoking scenes from science fiction B-movies, (I’m looking at you, Battlefield Earth), scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine succeeded in implanting rudimentary memories in sections of puny rat-brains!…