We already know quite a bit about plant architecture, so it’s somewhat surprising that a new natural organ was discovered in the most well-researched plant in the world. Timothy Gookin and Sarah Assmann of Pennsylvania State University, US, discovered the new organ in Arabidopsis thaliana (the thale, or mouse-ear, cress) – the ‘mouse’ of plant …Continue readingIntroducing a new plant organ – the cantil
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A new approach to 3D printing human organs
Adding blood vessels overcomes important limitations. Paul Biegler reports.
Growing a 3-D heart chamber in the lab
Skins cells have been re-programmed to make cardiac cells for drug testing, and may one day make organs for transplant. Viviane Richter reports.