but scientists have taken the important first steps by creating whole functioning organs in rats. Here are some recent successes: Heart: One of the earliest demonstrations of the scaffolding ...

This real-life mutant sewer rat turned out to be far less friendly than the cartoon version known to lurk through the Big ...

For example, scientists recently reported the successful growth of mouse pancreases inside of rats. The ultimate goal of this type of work is to grow human organs inside of other animals as a ...

More than 111 million rats and mice are estimated to be used in U.S. research labs each year, subjected to painful and ...

The mucosal layer in the small intestine degrades with age in rats, allowing digestive enzymes to slowly escape and leak into organs outside the intestine, including the liver, lung, heart ...

Ezelle told the judge that the cases should be dismissed on several legal grounds, including that Alabama law gives the prison system and UAB’s Board of Trustees immunity in lawsuits. He added that ...

The team’s engineered esophagi included not only differentiated muscle cells, but also nerves and blood vessels, which are key to the survival of the implanted organs. (Stay tuned for a May feature on ...