Showing posts with label organs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label organs. Show all posts

Friday, 14 May 2010

MIT Harnesses Biological LEGO Blocks to Build New Organs

Researchers at the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology have created a new type of biological LEGO� building blocks that can be used to form new organs.

By binding cells together into tiny block-like structures researchers have found that they can precisely recreate human tissues.

Source:
http://inhabitat.com/2010/05/13/mit-harnesses-biological-lego-blocks-to-build-new-organs/