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Like something out of "Little Shop of Horrors," scientists have managed to grow human-like "replacement teeth" in a lab.

Scientists Grow Living “Replacement Teeth” for Dental Implants

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ocean water and Arctic ice may contain viruses that can help trap pollution — and scientists are figuring out ways to enhance them.

Scientists Propose Hacking Viruses to Fight Climate Change

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists are working on growing synthetic human dermis in labs now — and there's no need for it to rub the lotion on its skin.

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Scientists Growing Skin That Can Be Slipped on Like a Glove

By Noor Al-Sibai

Gasp! Scientists Say There Was an Inaccuracy in a Marvel Movie

Gasp! Scientists Say There Was an Inaccuracy in a Marvel Movie

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists can use magnetic fields to levitate dead cells, all without disturbing the living cells crucial to their experiments.

Bioengineers Are Using Levitation on Dead Cells to Preserve the Living

By Dan Robitzski

A new model shows every single atom in the spikes on the surface of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, potentially giving rise to more targeted treatment.

Scientists Mapped Out Every Atom in the Coronavirus’s Spikes

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have 3D-printed tissues to replicate the bone and cartilage most often injured through sports — and their creation could save athletes' careers.

These Scientists Are 3D-Printing New Body Parts for Athletes

By Kristin Houser

German researchers have grown human heart tissue that expresses genes, responds to drugs, and beats just like the real thing.

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See Lab-Grown Human Heart Tissue Beat Like a Real Heart

By Kristin Houser

Researchers successfully transplanted lab-grown lungs into four pigs, with none of the animals rejecting the lungs within two months of the surgery.

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We Can Now Successfully Transplant Lab-Grown Lungs in Pigs

By Kristin Houser

Bioengineers Found a Way to Create 3D Shapes From Living Tissue

Bioengineers Found a Way to Create 3D Shapes From Living Tissue

By Chelsea Gohd

Scientists Just Successfully Programmed Bacteria Using Synthetic Genes

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Scientists Just Successfully Programmed Bacteria Using Synthetic Genes

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A New Gene Engineering Method Could Allow Us to Grow Organs for Transplants

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Researchers Can Now Bioengineer Lungs with the Original Blood Vessels Intact

Can the Human Eye Detect Single Photons?

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Can the Human Eye Detect Single Photons?

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Scientists Are Close to Creating a Fully Synthetic Genome

By Patrick Caughill

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Scientists Are Making a Fabric of “Biological Tissues”