Tag: biotechnology
-
Complex Body Parts Could Soon Be Lab-Grown
Discovery News: Complex Body Parts Could Soon Be Lab-Grown Various groups of scientists have recently created thyroid cells in the lab, grown a new ear in the skin a woman's own arm, and won a Nobel Prize for figuring out how to reprogram cells so that they can turn into a variety of cell types.…
-
Third time lucky
The Economist: Third time lucky Industrial biotech: A “third wave” of biotechnology is arriving. Will it be able to avoid a poor reception from the general public this time around? FOR a long time the public has perceived biotechnology to mean dangerous meddling with the genes in food crops. But biotechnology is of course about…