World’s oldest lab-grown human brains grow for seven years recording ‘passage of time’
A team of scientists have produced organoids that have become the world’s oldest lab-grown human brains — with…
China launches ‘human artificial embryos’ to space in bid to see whether reproduction is possible off-world
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Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Serum That Activates a Dormant Ability to Regrow Lost Limbs in Mammals
For millennia — since at least the time of Aristotle — medical thinkers have pondered why certain animals…
Humans May Have Hidden Regenerative Powers, New Study Suggests
A conceptual graphic shows how growth factors BMP2 and FGF2 are applied to the injury site to stimulate…
This organoid can menstruate — and shows how tissue can repair itself
Gynaecological disorders such as endometriosis could be studied using endometrium organoids.Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock Researchers have developed organoids that can…
Norway Man Cured of HIV With Brother’s Stem Cells
A 63-year-old man in Norway seems to have gotten one of the best gifts ever given by a…
This method to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in humans
Yuancheng Ryan Lu could barely breathe while he waited for his labmate to adjust the microscope focus. On…
Systemic epigenetic dysregulation as a driver of ageing and a therapeutic target
Guo, J. et al. Aging and aging-related diseases: from molecular mechanisms to interventions and treatments. Signal. Transduct. Target.…
Scientists Found a Protein That Could Keep Your Brain From Growing Old
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: As the human brain ages, the regeneration of neuronal…
Brains of ‘super agers’ are still strong producers of new neurons
Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do…
These mysterious ridges could be the secret to younger skin
Read the paper: Rete ridges form via evolutionarily distinct mechanisms in mammalian skin Researchers have found telltale clues…
ER remodelling is a feature of ageing and depends on ER-phagy
In vivo imaging of ER dynamics in adult C. elegans Many ER proteins are enriched in specific structural…