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Dec 26
Replicating opossum heart regeneration to help fight cardiovascular disease
Animated research highlight: Opossum hearts hint at new ways of fighting cardiovascular disease
Aug 22
Marsupial heart regeneration ability given to mice
Regeneration of mouse hearts ? ?? after birth achieved by figuring out how it’s possible in opossums.
Jul 7
Robotic AI helps efficient growth of replacement organs
Humans team-up with a robotic AI to speed up experiments to find the best way to regrow damaged eye tissue from stem cells.
May 26
Palaeospondylus: mystery of vertebrate evolution solved
Micro-CT scans using synchrotron radiation X-rays reveal Palaeospondylus morphology, finally allowing its placement on the evolutionary tree.
Jan 27
New lab-grown retinal sheets almost ready for clinical trials
A new retinal transplant technique works by preventing bipolar cells from maturing in lab-grown retinal sheets.