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Staff at new data center powered by human brain cells need to swap out cerebrospinal fluid every day

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Human Cells Can Sense Beyond Their Surface, May Help Slow Cancer Progression; Finds New Study

Human cells can possibly sense far beyond surfaces they touch, with cancer cells being able to probe about 10 microns ahead, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Created Structures That Produced Blood Cells in the Lab—With a Process That Mimics Real Human Embryos

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...
New Scientist

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...

Marburg virus invades human cells far more efficiently than Ebola, study reveals

In a new study published in Nature, University of Minnesota researchers have found that the Marburg virus, one of the world's ...
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EvoCAST Harnesses CRISPR-Linked Bacterial Transposases to Insert Genes Into Human Cells

Using laboratory-evolved versions of CRISPR-associated transposases (CASTs) from bacteria, scientists at the Broad Institute and Columbia University were able to insert healthy genes into human cells ...
Science Daily

Scientists grow a tiny human “blood factory” that actually works

Researchers have recreated a miniature human bone marrow system that mirrors the real structure found inside our bones. The model includes the full mix of cells and signals needed for blood production ...