Researchers behind the world's first living robot have found a way to make it reproduce — by shaping it like Pac-Man
Xenobots are made from the stem cells of the African clawed frog, which allow them to move around and pile up smaller cells that form into new Xenobots.
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Scientists created a hybrid human-monkey embryo in a lab, sparking concerns others could take the experiment too far
The embryos were made by injecting human stem cells into macaque embryos as part of research into early human development.
Human cloning has been possible for seven years, but we haven't done it yet. Here's why scientists don't think the time, money, and risks are worth it.
Boosted by celebrity endorsements and a controversial research program, clinics are peddling stem cell autism treatments questioned by experts
A research program into stem cells and autism is attracting criticism. Experts say it is unwittingly boosting a market in unlicensed treatments.
Wildfires have killed an estimated 600 jaguars in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands. Vets are using stem cells to treat injured cats.
Wildfires have destroyed more than one-fifth of the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
Antiabortion groups say they stand behind Trump's use of a drug tested on cells derived from an aborted fetus because the president 'was not involved with that abortion'
Trump has restricted the use of fetal tissue for research, but his COVID-19 treatment was tested using cells derived from a fetus aborted in 1972.
Researchers are working to lower the price of "clean meats" like lab-grown shrimp, which costs $5,000 a kilo.
The 'Dr. Death' podcast team has a new medical investigation that delves into greed and desperation in the stem cell industry
Almost immediately after wrapping up 'Dr. Death,' host Laura Beil set out to investigate the supposed miracle cure offered by stem cell therapy.
Pharma giant Bayer is making a bet that one day we might be able to use stem cells to prevent cancer
Bayer's investment arm, Leaps by Bayer, is investing in Khloris, a company looking to use stem-cell-based vaccines to prevent and treat cancer.
Silicon Valley VCs are betting lab-grown meat could be just as big a deal as Uber was for taxis and have 'huge disruptive abilities' to a $200 billion industry
BI PRIME: A scientist made the first lab-grown hamburger in 2013, and a handful of startups have followed. But when will we actually be able to eat one?
The startup behind the first lab-grown pork links let us see how their sausage gets made — and said it slashed the cost from $2,500 to $216 in a month
New Age Meats, a Silicon Valley company funded by biotech startup hub IndieBio, let us taste the world's first cell-based pork sausage made without killing any animals in September. Since then, they've slashed production costs by 12x.
A startup that turns mushrooms into IKEA packaging has introduced a new platform that could change the way lab-grown meat is made
A startup that makes environmentally-friendly packaging for IKEA and Dell is planning a big transition into the realms of lab-grown meat and beyond. Ecovative wants its new mushroom-growing platform to become the backbone of several manufacturing efforts, including making meat without slaughter.
'Cat parents think it's cool': A Peter Thiel-backed startup pursuing mouse meat for dogs has begun selling its first products
Wild Earth began selling its first products — vegan dog treats made with koji, a type of fungus similar to mushrooms — on Monday. The company's CEO said they plan to eventually sell pet food made from mouse cells, also known as cell-based or lab-grown meat.
A new lab-grown meat startup called Meatable is taking on the industry's key hurdle by coming up with a way to make truly slaughter-free meat without relying on cow fetus blood, or "serum." The Dutch startup partnered with Cambridge and uses proprietary stem cell technology for faster production.
Tech elites are paying $7,000 to freeze stem cells from liposuctioned fat as a 'back up' for a longer life
A startup called Forever Labs offers tech elites a chance to save their young stem cells in the hopes that they can use them to help fight disease and live longer. The cells are mostly siphoned from bone marrow, but now they can come from fat that's removed via liposuction, too.
Peter Diamandis, co-founder of Celularity and Human Longevity, Inc., explains how Silicon Valley can make 100 the new 60.
Stem cells have saved thousands of lives. But some uses peddled by private clinics are without evidence.
BlueRock launched in 2016 with $225 million from Bayer and Versant Ventures, with the goal of creating a next-generation regenerative-medicine company.
In a study expected to launch later this year, scientists hope to use stem cells in a new, highly controversial way — to reverse death.