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Technology Research News July 30, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Fractals support growing organs A method for making intricate networks of artificial blood vessels brings the decades-old dream of growing replacement organs a big step closer. The networks are designed to provide the support structure needed for organ cells to coalesce into something greater than the sum of its parts.
Chemistry World October 2, 2013 Michael Parkin	Insect-powered microtweezers Scientists in Japan have developed the first biohybrid microdevice that can function in air. The microtweezers powered by insect muscle tissue could be used to handle cells and other fragile objects as part of a microelectromechanical system.
Chemistry World November 7, 2012 Jennifer Newton	Ink containing living cells to print tissue Scientists in Australia are a step closer to printing living cells for tissue engineering with the development of a new bio-ink that allows the cells to stay alive until they are printed and not clog up the printer nozzle.
Technology Research News June 29, 2005 Eric Smalley	Cell combo yields blood vessels Researchers experiment with methods of getting blood vessels to grow in replacement organs before the tissue is placed in the body.
Chemistry World July 24, 2012 Rachel Cooper	Light speeds up new cell growth Scientists from Singapore have combined a photovoltaic polymer with a biocompatible polymer to make a nanofiber-based scaffold that can grow cells for skin regeneration.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005 Eric Smalley	Inkjet prints human cells Scientists tackle challenge of putting the right cells in the right places and ensuring that the cells survive the rough ride.
Chemistry World July 31, 2012 Fiona McKenzie	Sorting the good from the bad US scientists have found a way to separate cancerous cells from healthy cells by taking advantage of their adhesion properties. Separating cancer cells for analysis is a critical step for determining the recommended course of treatment for patients.
Chemistry World February 17, 2014 Emma Stoye	Cell-powered robots swim like sperm Scientists in the US have combined a synthetic polymer with living heart cells to make a tiny robot that swims by undulating its tail, in a similar way to sperm.
Chemistry World July 27, 2015 Tim Wogan	Repellent nanocraters could shape tissue engineering Patterning surfaces with nanoscale craters can interfere with cells' ability to stick to surfaces, researchers in the US have shown.
Chemistry World September 24, 2015 Andy Extance	Cosmetics deals push skin 3D bioprinting 3D bioprinting's allure has attracted interest from the skincare industry, with three leading firms each launching skin printing initiatives in mid-2015 that they hope will revolutionize cosmetic testing.
Chemistry World June 13, 2011 Laura Howes	Cells turned into living lasers with fluorescent protein With a little help from a fluorescent protein, mammalian cells have been transformed into living lasers. This discovery could help improve imaging of living cells, enabling researchers to explore what's going on inside.
Wired November 24, 2008 Erin Biba	Rocket Scientist's Laser Scalpel Targets Individual Cells Researcher Adela Ben-Yakar is developing a laser capable of vaporizing individual cells, one at a time.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Richard Saltus	Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures Thinking big but starting small, Sangeeta Bhatia is closing in on her ambitious goal: growing human livers in the lab from scratch.
Chemistry World June 13, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Novel 'cell wires' to patch up heart or nerve damage Noodle-like strings containing living cells have been made by researchers in the US.
Chemistry World May 22, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	'Printing' organs with hydrogels Dutch researchers have developed a way to 'print' stable cell-containing scaffolds, creating a method that could one day be used to help make tailor-made tissue grafts
Chemistry World April 2, 2009 Michael Gross	Light-guided hydrogels direct cell growth Researchers in the US have developed a gel-like material whose structural and chemical properties can change in response to laser light
Chemistry World October 31, 2012 Ian Le Guillou	A cell for a cell If you ever need to isolate a single bacterial cell, why not build it a prison cell? This is the approach that colleagues from Sandia National Laboratories, US, have taken. Using multi-photon lithography, they can construct four walls and a roof around a single cell in just over a minute.
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HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams	Lab-Grown Liver New cell culture system solves problem of growing liver cells.
Technology Research News April 20, 2005	Trapped Cells Make Micromotors Researchers have showed that it is possible to make live Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells rotate while pinned in a laser trap. The energy of a light beam can be used to manipulate and trap cells much like the way wind moves objects a larger scale.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Brian Orelli	A Stem-Cell Primer Public funding from states could help companies doing stem cell research. Read about Geron, StemCells, Osiris Therapeutics, ViaCell and Invitrogen, companies that may profit from the increased public spending.
Chemistry World January 12, 2011 Amaya Camara-Campos	Artificial intestine for gut studies Three-dimensional hydrogel scaffolds for studying cells under realistic physiological conditions have been made by scientists from the US and Korea to study drug absorption in the gut.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Jennifer Michalowski	Memory Cells at the Ready Special neurons give rodents a leg up when facing unfamiliar territory.
Chemistry World September 27, 2011 Maria Burke	Patching up Patients with a Heart of Gold Researchers have used gold nanowires to boost the propagation of electrical signals in cardiac patches, significantly increasing their therapeutic value.
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Arlene Weintraub	A Boost for Broken Hearts? The Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Barbados is convinced that stem cells from fetuses can repair cardiac damage.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Richard Saltus	T-Cell Booster Kits A bioengineer remodels cell surfaces to prod the immune system.
Chemistry World November 1, 2013 Megan Tyler	High-throughput chip for drug screening in 3D A simple micro-array chip developed by scientists in China could sharpen the search for new drugs by enabling the high-throughput screening of drug candidates against cells cultured in three dimensions.
Chemistry World April 11, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Super Cells Made with 'Inorganic Armor' Chemists in China have coated living cells with egg-like shells, granting them a wide range of new properties.
Scientific American November 2005 Charles Q. Choi	Baby to Brain Mothers could literally always have their kids on their minds. Researchers find that in mice, cells from fetuses can migrate into a mother's brain and apparently develop into nervous system cells.
Chemistry World October 23, 2011 David Bradley	Clicking Together Cultural Niches Researchers in the US have made three-dimensional hydrogels that are not only compatible with living cells but can be tuned to create specialist growing environments - culture niches - for studying cell function.
Chemistry World April 7, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Cells get in line Magnetic nanoparticles that 'shepherd' cells into neat lines have been designed by American scientists.
Chemistry World January 20, 2011 Erica Wise	Protective shells for cells A highly permeable shell made for living cells could substantially extend their lifetime in bioengineering applications, including aiding bone repair, say US scientists.
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Jim Schnabel	Oxygen on the Brain An ancient cellular program to protect cells when oxygen is low seems crucial for the production of new brain cells.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2004 Charly Travers	Are Stem Cells a Rule Breaker? Does the science offer real hope or just hype? Biotech investors take on enough risk in the normal course of drug development that they do not need to worry about whether or not the underlying technology even works.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Arlene Weintraub	Want To Bank Your Own Stem Cells? One Los Angeles startup believes everyone should, to be ready when regenerative therapies start hitting the market
Scientific American December 2008 Tim Hornyak	Turning Back the Cellular Clock: A Farewell to Embryonic Stem Cells? Shinya Yamanaka discovered how to revert adult cells to an embryonic state. These induced pluripotent stem cells might soon supplant their embryonic cousins in therapeutic promise
Reactive Reports Issue 64 David Bradley	Stem to Sperm New research shows that stem cells from human bone marrow can be converted into early-stage sperm. The discovery could lead to novel fertility treatments in the long-term.
Chemistry World November 10, 2006 Victoria Gill	Healing Threads Spun From Living Cells Researchers have successfully made microthreads from polymers containing living cells, using a technique called electrospinning. These biologically active threads could be formed into medical scaffolds, to deliver cells directly to tissue and promote healing.
Scientific American March 2007 Alison Snyder	Sight for Sore Eyes Having generated a cell source and overcome the safety concerns associated with transplanting stem cells, researchers still face possibly their biggest challenge: showing that the transplanted photoreceptors wire up to other neurons that eventually connect to the optic nerves.
Smithsonian March 2004	Signal Discovery? A Los Angeles scientist says living cells may make distinct sounds, which might someday help doctors "hear" diseases
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Bio-IT World April 2006	Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory Goes Live Children's Hospital in Boston's Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory web site allows online visitors to manipulate and investigate a "living" culture of embryonic stem cells.
National Defense March 2008 Grace V. Jean	Creating the Body's Microenvironment to Grow Artificial Organs Scientists are using micro-electromechanical systems to grow artificial organs.
PC Magazine February 3, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	Highlight Cells Containing Formulas In designing and auditing spreadsheets, I'd like to distinguish visually between cells containing formulas and those containing values.
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012 Elise Lamar	Push and Pull Jennifer Zallen, an HHMI early career scientist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, studies how embryonic tissues stretch along an anterior-posterior axis using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system.
Fast Company March 2009 Tim McKeough	Banking Stem Cells For Future Use A personal banking system for stem cells.
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Chemistry World February 28, 2013 Andy Extance	Chemical transport defines 'Goldilocks' cell size A US team has suggested molecular movement as an answer to the question of why cells are the size they are. A question that they say 'still awaits an answer from first principles'.