A new generation of miniature biological robots is flexing its muscle. Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated a class of walking “bio-bots” powered by muscl... Read more
Will the same combination of genes work in human hearts? The latest research developments to reprogram scar tissue resulting from myocardial infarction (MI) into viable heart muscle cells, w... Read more
Max Planck scientists have used silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue. Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscl... Read more