A med student built a lung-growing machine from a fish tank—and it actually worked

Using parts from a pet store and hardware shop, a medical student built a system that could one day replace organ transplants ...

Bryan Johnson says his 'newborn self' 'clone' could grow organs, become his own 'blood boy'

Bryan Johnson says lab-grown cells from his own blood could one day grow replacement organs, test risky therapies before he ...
Southeast Missourian

Growing organs using human cells may ease nationwide shortage

NEW YORK -- By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery. Her cystic ...
Medical Xpress

Putting pig organs in people is OK in the US, but growing human organs in pigs is not. Why is that?

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic ...
Medical Xpress

Dynamic gel helps scientists grow organs more reliably in the lab

Miniature organs grown in the lab can organize themselves into complex shapes. But they never do it the same way twice, which makes it hard to use these so-called "organoids" to study disease. Now, ...
Forbes

The Prototype: This Startup Aims To Grow New Mini-Organs In Patients

Glasgow, Scotland-based company Skyrora, which is developing rockets with 3D-printed engines, became the first U.K.-based company to be licensed to launch in the country this week. It’s a big step for ...
The Times Leader

Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigs

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs in animals to transplant into people. The cells made up ...